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What do you guys thinks of the AMA making the riders running the number that they are assigned too?
I'm not really a fan of it. Its going to be different seeing guys like Morais, Izzi, and J-law not really their normal number.
I'm not really a fan of it. Its going to be different seeing guys like Morais, Izzi, and J-law not really their normal number.
If Jlaw, Izzi or Ryan want their permanent number back they need to win a title.
It's a work in progress.
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For the sport to grow, in my opinion you need to make it easy for the casual fan. Casual fan might know James as number 7, you change that every year how the hell is causal fan going to keep up? Hell, I am a fan and it takes me two or three races to figure out the new numbers every year.
Look at other sports, do they give out new numbers every year based on last years results? If it's such a great idea why doesn't the NFL, MLB, or the NBA do it? Plus who cares about how a rider did last year? Other than the number one plate, does it matter?
Just so were clear, you cannot have an opinion unless you go to a national or a gp?
BTW, I did go to plenty of amateur races. Sorry I couldn't make the GP or the national at Pala.
Yeah, why answer the question about numbers in other sports, turn it around and call me out... Typical of this place...
Why do you guys make such a big deal about the numbers? Why do the riders care so much? I can understand the merchandising perspective, but in a way, you might sell more stuff it you change the number year after year. It's just a number. When I used to race,, not pro mind you, whatever number was assigned to me I took. Who cares?
I know I'm different regarding this number idea, but I have never really understood this attachment to a mere number.
They are just numbers.
The comparison to those other sports is a valid one, in that the player numbers don't mean anything, they are just a way of identifying the player.
Are there not multiple teams in mx??? Can't a 250 guy and a 450 guy share a number? Chances are they will never race each other, right?
Michael Jordan and the number 23 go together, when you see the number 23 in basketball, you automatically go to Jordan.
When Manny came to the Dodgers he took 99, knowing what Gretzky did for LA hockey.
If I asked you what do you think of when I say the number 199 and mx in the same sentence, what name do you come up with???
Sports and numbers just go together. Kids on my baseball team, all fight for the number of their favorite player. Numbers may not mean a thing to you, but to most of the athletes in all sports, it means something.
That's my number.
LMAO!
So going back to this run what you earned bs, Chad Reed is 22, I think he will be near the box most races, but Voss may not make the main?? How the hell is casual fan going to relate to that? Instaed of making things easier to follow, they just made it more difficult. Hell Mike brown only races once a year. When the announcers are talking about the way the number system works in mx and how the lower the number the faster your supposed to be. Dude sitting on his couch notices after a few races there is no number 3 on the track, how the f does that make sense? Way to go AMA and MX Sports... Great job!!!
There's a really big difference between the two.
Personally? I think if you want the appearance of bush league, it's top pro racers with a three-digit number.
See Steve, your stuck thinking the old way.
AMA and MX Sports need some fresh ideas.
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Metty...125? Okay...shows how much of an impression his 123 made on you...
I don't give a shit about numbers
Any earned number system is meaningless to a spectator while it combines 250 and 450, MX and SX results.
And in 2010 we'll have at least one new national champion, and there's only one single digit number left. What if there's another new champion? What number does he get?
Under the "old" system, KW has never earned the right to run a permanent number.
I also think Stewart's 259 had a lot more "character" than plain ol' boring #7.
For some riders, mainly the ones who are mass marketed, career numbers make perfect sense. For more than 30 years Steve Kinser has run the number 11 in World Of Outlaws sprint car racing, and anyone who just casually follows the sport knows that when you see a number 11 at a WoO event, that it's Kinser. The idea for permanent numbers is great in theory, but needs some slight work.
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