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Like it's been said a hundred times over, the chase may not be the answer. Imo the bikes, tracks etc are the bigger problem but I'm for any change that may create a championship race. I for one am sick of the constant domination year after year by ONE rider. Whether it's McGrath, Carmicheal, Villopoto or Dungey. Just like any other sport there comes a point in time for most fans when they just say fuck it, I'll go when it's here but give up my Saturday afternoon? to watch a fairly predictable outcome!? Forget that, I have shit to do. I'll catch it when I have time. When that starts to happen more and more, our fantastic TV package will soon start to trend back towards the tv package of old.
That's an excellent message, an excellent story and I agree in some ways with the message he has in terms of our society.
I don't think the chase has anything to do with making the fragile racers/teams/families/man-friends/etc feel better about themselves. Or make things easier for them in any way. I think it has everything to do with putting asses in seats and eyes on TV screens. The series promoter wants to have a series that seems more exciting than it is so they can sell more tickets, advertising space and TV time.
I am in no way endorsing the chase, but that home-plate article is just not related in any way to this issue.
1) It cheapens the title by allowing those who did not survive to the end through attrition, to have a shot at the title.
2) It takes away points earned.
3) Depending on the way the chase format is structured, it is likely that teams will strategize especially if early wins are not as important, which leads to points 4
4) It takes away from the tradition of the sport and hence interferes with the record books (look what happened to Jeff Gordon in NASCAR).
5) It won't fix a boring race. If the leader is way out front, the chase won't change that.
6) Most fans up to this point have been against the idea of a chase format. Why are the promoters ignoring the fan base?
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Does this mean 5 rounds in the Chase?
Well... Bigger TV packages mean more money and bigger sponsorships for the riders.
no point watching the series anymore if they change to this formate , getting like some schools now they don't have competition in sports anymore because little johnny comes last and it makes him feel bad .
grow a set people a championship is being there at the end to finish first you first have to finish
So 30-40 people on a message board are against it and 30-40 are for it . Sorry folks but as much as you would like to think our opinions matter it will not sway Feld one way or the other. It is all about putting asses in the seats and eyes on the TV.
Heading into Vegas there is zero interest in the final round unless you are playing fantasy leagues. Everyone is waiting for the Nationals to start.
Honestly the whole chase format is a total gimmick and NASCAR has proved that it doesn't work to boost popularity in the long-run.
Mr. Sloan has addressed very well my problems with the Chase (TM).
I keep reading that people are sick of one-rider domination. I think what people are forgetting is that there are perhaps some seasons of one rider dominating because that is the nature of those individuals to have raised the bar higher than others are able to match. But, the really thrilling seasons happen organically when that rider is on the natural downside of that dominance and someone is able to rise to the challenge to beat him. Example: RC's season of dethroning MC. Remember the frenzy in the crowds? I do. Then, what happened? RC retired still probably in his prime. Then RV came along (minus RDs rookie season) and ran off FOUR in a row, before retiring possibly in his prime (physically). I do NOT begrudge RC or RV from doing so, but the sport never got that great, crazy "handoff" to the new king. And so, the perceived "boredom". Its the nature of individual vs. team sports. Sometimes redemption gets eclipsed by retirement.
Transcendent seasons or riders do not happen by rule manipulation. Not one thing in life comes without some serious bust-ass and no do-overs. That's what makes the rare racers, races, or seasons so special.
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I will reiterate that I agree they should be fixing the racing first and foremost because that imo is the biggest problem. If they have a tight points race but each race is still a snooze fest, I'm not sure what that would accomplish
As for point 6) I do not think the majority of the fan base is forward thinking. The majority of the arguments are leave it alone it's not broken. It's broken and is continue to fracture. The fix they are doing with the chase is a unproven surgery but I like the fact they aren't "leaving it alone"
Sponsorships is where the money is at in niche sports. Closer point standings at the ender of the year will result in stronger viewership for the entirety of a season which means more attention for all riders (not just seeing Dungey spots every fucking commercial break), which is better for sponsors, which means more money for riders.
And I'm sure the purse would go up a little I doubt it would be a huge jump – changes like that have to come from the inside. IE, how teams in the NBA protested a couple years ago to get better wages.
Anyhow – back to Street League. Not only is it exciting to see a season evolve and rivalries build throughout the year but skateboarding is bigger than ever (who would have guessed drama was good for sports?), the riders are getting paid WAY MORE than they ever did, and no one bitches when someone like Nyjah Houston, Chaz Ortiz, or Chris Cole walks away with a title (despite having to reset points going into the later stages of the tournament) because unlike everyone here who somehow thinks people will be able to undeservingly "steal the championship" they understand that you don't make it to the end without working your ass off all year long.
It cost Jeff Gordon multiple titles.
Sports, which are supposed to be idealistic, honor bound, a pinnacle of human nature, have lost its integrity. Baseball, football, nascar and now motocross, have all lost the integrity of the sport, all that matters is the dollar, and when morals are based on getting another dollar, real integrity is gone, doing the RIGHT thing is NOT OK.
imagine in the coming Olympics, Hussein Bolt running fast and winning, only for them to go "no that run doesnt count you were too good, it didnt make for a good ending...." HOW INSANE.
I DONT WANT "EXCITEMENT" i want INTEGRITY. I WANT HONESTY, I WANT PURITY back in sports. all these "rules" to "level" the playing field. to hell with them.
If chase comes to SX, i will not attend another event, and if ( heaven forbid) it comes to the MX series, I will no longer support those events which i have attended for the last 25 years
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