gazzac Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 (edited) On 4/11/2024 at 1:23 PM, Sings4Speedway said: it will only get worse as the lower limit is going to falsely inflate averages so the leagues "better" riders won't be as good as they were 10 years ago and the competition at the bottom will become poorer for it. British Speedway needs strengthening from the bottom up not top down if its to have any chance of surviving. 6 hours ago, ONTWOMINUTES said: Exactly because at the moment the ndl is a complete waste of time . Had the opportunity 5 years or so ago to continue a successful NDL with more teams, but seemed to be sacrificed because it encroached on the league above. Could see what was going to happen then and it's definitely gone the way it was obviously going to go, with the clamour for points lowering and the " it's a development league" , which drove out some of the experienced guys to help with the youngsters developing. I know cost were a problem, but lowering the points didn't really help the 'smaller' clubs and sure the likes of Eastbourne, Kent, and Mildenhall would have continued and thrived in a decent level NDL , certainly a time when Brennen, Edwards and Abblit seemed to develop ok at Eastbourne. Think this league will be lucky to survive as it's virtually no longer develops and it's not really a league. Edited April 15 by gazzac 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONTWOMINUTES Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 7 hours ago, gazzac said: Had the opportunity 5 years or so ago to continue a successful NDL with more teams, but seemed to be sacrificed because it encroached on the league above. Could see what was going to happen then and it's definitely gone the way it was obviously going to go, with the clamour for points lowering and the " it's a development league" , which drove out some of the experienced guys to help with the youngsters developing. I know cost were a problem, but lowering the points didn't really help the 'smaller' clubs and sure the likes of Eastbourne, Kent, and Mildenhall would have continued and thrived in a decent level NDL , certainly a time when Brennen, Edwards and Abblit seemed to develop ok at Eastbourne. Think this league will be lucky to survive as it's virtually no longer develops and it's not really a league. Not only that, in general the racing is pretty boring to watch, yes I know these riders are ' developing ' but some can hardly race. And it should be alot cheaper to get in, the club running the meeting needs to accept this and it would probably attract a bigger crowd. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sings4Speedway Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 2 hours ago, ONTWOMINUTES said: Not only that, in general the racing is pretty boring to watch, yes I know these riders are ' developing ' but some can hardly race. And it should be alot cheaper to get in, the club running the meeting needs to accept this and it would probably attract a bigger crowd. The NDL product today is much poorer than it has been for as many years as i care to remember and the admission price is the highest....its simply not a sustainable business model for standalone clubs and relies on top ups from clubs running multiple sides which can't last forever. The writings been on the wall since IOW left 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted April 21 Report Share Posted April 21 On 4/16/2024 at 9:05 AM, Sings4Speedway said: The NDL product today is much poorer than it has been for as many years as i care to remember and the admission price is the highest....its simply not a sustainable business model for standalone clubs and relies on top ups from clubs running multiple sides which can't last forever. The writings been on the wall since IOW left Would Agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binman Posted April 21 Report Share Posted April 21 2 hours ago, Fromafar said: Would Agree Are some of the riders ready for NDL 2 meetings today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedwaySlider72 Posted April 21 Report Share Posted April 21 Academy v Chargers meeting on Friday was a cracking encounter. Great stream too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted April 21 Report Share Posted April 21 1 hour ago, Binman said: Are some of the riders ready for NDL 2 meetings today It’s not really a case of are they ready,it’s the business model for the Clubs ,can they afford the expense of running meetings given that most of them are just keeping their head above water at Championship level IMO.Think it’s fair to say they don’t get the crowds level’s anywhere near Championship level.Whether they make money you would have to ask the Promotions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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