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Post by admin on Feb 15, 2009 20:44:06 GMT
But even then the strong rumour was that Hancock had the best deal in the Elite League.
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Post by Genghis on Feb 15, 2009 20:50:21 GMT
But even then the strong rumour was that Hancock had the best deal in the Elite League. But still nothing like the deal Greg had at Reading the following year. JP lost £500,000 in just over a year - Oxford's accounts for 2005 are nothing like that. Waggy did go above his means - but to say he'd started off the silly money spree is incorrect. That was JP / Horton. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2009 21:18:02 GMT
At the start waggy was paying stupid money then after a time not paying any money at all . Hancock was the best paid or shall we say unpaid rider that season .
He was the who started silly money spree no doubt about it .
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Post by Genghis on Feb 15, 2009 21:22:46 GMT
At the start waggy was paying stupid money then after a time not paying any money at all . Hancock was the best paid or shall we say unpaid rider that season . He was the who started silly money spree no doubt about it . No he wasn't. Check out the information at companies house. There was money left owing to riders, but it was a fraction of what Hans Andersen at Peterborough was left owed at one point during 2008, before Frost stepped in. EDIT: And it's highly suspect when somone posts for the first time in 5 months.  Is that Hortonfan under a different name?  |
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Post by schumi on Feb 15, 2009 21:27:26 GMT
Genghis, I'm going to hazard a wild guess that you're bored?
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Post by Genghis on Feb 15, 2009 21:30:24 GMT
Genghis, I'm going to hazard a wild guess that you're bored? Schumi - I haven't got much to do this evening. How did you guess?  |
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Post by schumi on Feb 15, 2009 21:34:30 GMT
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Post by Genghis on Feb 15, 2009 21:38:52 GMT
Cheers Schumi - they're even got my old favourite, Tetris.  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2009 11:21:10 GMT
Well apparently the meeting was yesterday, but not agreement has been reached. Why am I not surprised, it will probably be deferred until next October |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2009 18:49:19 GMT
it will probably be deferred until next October At least most of the 'B' fixtures should have taken place by then. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2009 19:25:14 GMT
Its all very well that the lord & masters of EL speedway make demands,its Sky who will have the final say by taking away their speedway coverage much to the detriment of our sport so Id be very careful if I was them.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2009 12:47:53 GMT
Well the unofficial voice of Poole speedway has posted this on the BSF this morning:
So Sky have brought more money to the table and the threat of half a league program is now gone.
Sky obviously knew they were under paying for the speedway. Hense the reason they upped the money.
But to what I wonder?
perhaps the good thing to rad into this is that Sky value the speedway highly enough to want to do it.
spelling mistakes apart, I assume he posted this with the blessing of Fat Maud, and if true, I sincerely hope that TR didn't negotiate this "new deal" |
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Post by admin on Feb 21, 2009 17:43:32 GMT
And (courtesy of tapesup at the Monarchs Chatzone) here is what Bobby D makes of it all:
Eastbourne Argus
It's a full season for Eagles
By Brian Owen
Eastbourne Eagles will operate a full fixture list this year after Elite League bosses agreed a new TV deal with Sky Sports.
Eagles promoter Bob Dugard revealed in The Argus eight days ago that there was a very real chance of clubs voting to cut the league fixture list in half to help maximise gate revenue and minimise costs during the economic downturn.
Dugard admitted the league needed a new deal with Sky to help them through the coming season, which is expected to be the toughest for years due to the recession. He revealed Eastbourne lost £10,000 every time they had to switch a meeting from their usual Saturday night to a Monday for live TV coverage.
Dugard’s revelations sent shockwaves through speedway and the Eagles boss was asked by his fellow promoters to explain why he had broken ranks. However he has no regrets about highlighting the tough times the sport faces in the recession.
Dugard said: “Sky came through for us and we will run the full fixture list. Everybody is very aware of the economic situation and we might review things in the middle of the year to make sure we are on track. It’s a very precarious situation. I’m delighted Sky have helped us out. I didn’t necessarily expect them to do it.”
Although many fans and riders will be delighted to have 32 league meetings this season, Dugard maintains tracks could be better off in the long term if teams visited each other just once a year, as happens in most leagues in most sports.
Such a revamp would put the Elite League in line with Poland’s Ekstraliga and Sweden’s Elitserien, both of which draw good crowds. However it could be tricky for some English teams who do not own their stadia and have commitments to their landlords to run a minimum number of fixtures per year.
Dugard said: “I’ve got mixed feelings about us running the A and B fixtures this year. For Eastbourne, from the long term point of view, we have a shocking job to fit a full fixture list in. It would have been manna from heaven to just had the A fixtures. We could have got back to being a profitable business.
“As it is we do not have one spare date for any re-arranged fixtures. We go one week past the cut-off date as it is but the BSPA are looking into our problems.” Eagles’ league season will run until September 19 when they host Swindon in a fixture originally listed for the night before the British GP in June.
Eastbourne had already confirmed they would start the season with the Dean Barker Farewell on the afternoon of Sunday, March 15, followed by the home leg of the Elite Shield against Poole exactly a week later. They also have a two-leg Knockout Cup quarter-final against derby rivals Lakeside in March.
Swindon, being widely tipped as strong title challengers, visit Arlington for a televised meeting on Monday, May 11. The home fixture with Coventry on August 17 has also been earmarked for live coverage. Another highlight of the season comes on Saturday, August 8, when Arlington stages the Elite League Pairs as part of Eagles’ 80th season celebrations.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2009 20:10:02 GMT
Ooops it appears that Shovlar and Dugard are telling porkies  Mick Brately has posted on the BSF, that both statements are false and that no resolution has been reached |
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Post by admin on Feb 21, 2009 20:55:13 GMT
British speedway and a shambles, who'd have thought it?
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Is that Hortonfan under a different name? 
