The Plymouth Devils have made the shock announcement that they are to close down due to mounting debts. Mitch Wishnowsky Super Bowl Jersey . Officials at the Premier League club made the decision to pull out of speedway after holding a meeting on Monday evening. The final straw for the board came last Friday when the clubs season-opener - the Spring Classic - attracted a crowd of only 450 to the St Boniface Arena.David Short, one of the clubs four directors, told the Plymouth Herald: The club has been in financial difficulties for a couple of years and the meeting last Friday persuaded us that it would not be financially viable for us to carry on.I accept it was cold, but only 450 turned up and it was quite plain that we were not going to meet the crowd figures we needed this season to keep going.We needed at the very minimum 700 people each meeting and to be absolutely safe, 800.Last years play-offs meeting against Glasgow was the only time that we managed to do that. We were losing £2,000 to £3,000 per meeting and we obviously couldnt sustain that.The British Speedway Promoters Association (BSPA) has expressed its disappointment at the decision but will keep Plymouths place in the Premier League open in the short term in the hope that someone else will take over the club.A BSPA statement released at lunchtime on Tuesday read: We have no alternative but to respect the decision of the Plymouth Speedway promotion although the timing is unfortunate and we have spent this morning making every effort to help clubs rearrange fixtures.The BSPA management committee were informed of this decision on Monday evening and naturally regard this as disappointing news for the sport in general, the Plymouth riders and the people of Plymouth and surrounding areas in particular.As an association it is our wish to see the sport continue in Plymouth and we would urge any interested parties in keeping the Plymouth Devils alive and on track to make contact with a representative of the Plymouth Speedway promotion or, alternatively, with the BSPA office via email at office@bspa.co.uk as a matter of urgency. 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Court documents released Tuesday reveal more details about a claim that famed Penn State football coach Joe Paterno knew as early as 1976 that assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky had been accused of sexually abusing boys. Heres what you should know about the newly unsealed records:---WHY IS NEW INFORMATION COMING OUT FOUR YEARS AFTER SANDUSKY WAS CONVICTED?Penn State and its insurance carrier are fighting over whether the insurer will have to cover Sandusky-related claims and have obtained sworn depositions from key witnesses and other documents or information that had not previously become public. The presiding judge, after requests from The Associated Press and other media outlets, released some of that information.---WHAT ARE THE NOTABLE NEW REVELATIONS?A judge had previously disclosed that there were allegations Paterno fielded a complaint about Sandusky in 1976. The documents include portions of the accusers deposition in 2014 saying Paterno, when told that a boy had been molested, responded that he didnt want to hear about it and had a football season to worry about. Another man says in 1987 an assistant football coach witnessed Sandusky fondling him and then walked out of the room. That coach died four years ago. A deposition by former assistant coach Mike McQueary, who complained to Paterno after seeing Sandusky and a boy in a team shower in 2001, said former Penn State coach Tom Bradley said he knew of some things about Sandusky dating to the 80s, though Bradleys lawyeer flatly denied he saw any abuse. Jerry Rice Super Bowl Jersey. The records include an opinion from an expert working for the insurance carrier that payments by Penn State to victims seemed very high and could be a result of the schools concern about publicity and desire to get the scandal behind it.---WHAT DO PATERNOS FAMILY AND PENN STATE HAVE TO SAY?Paterno family lawyer Wick Sollers said in a statement that there were numerous specific elements of the accusations that defy all logic and have never been subjected to even the most basic objective examination.Penn State President Eric Barron wrote to people connected to the university to say the alleged knowledge of some former Penn State employees is not proven and that speculation divides the Penn State community.---DO THESE DISCLOSURES SETTLE ANYTHING ABOUT WHO KNEW WHAT AND WHEN?Much of the new information is contained in sworn depositions, but they involve matters that date back 30 or 40 years. Paterno died in 2012, and the schools top administrators who dealt with complaints about Sandusky are awaiting criminal trials and generally have not been willing to speak in detail in public about what they know.Some of the claims and statements in the newly public records were immediately disputed, and its unlikely the latest disclosures will end the impassioned debate that has raged around the Sandusky scandal since 2011. ' ' '