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"Let's put this to rest....... no wait, let me ramble on and say what I need to say and then ask DC one more question to try to get him to answer differently as he has before because I have a serious boner for him."
Another thing, you say - "Its Motocross and its in the dirt. I don't need all of that I just want a real race on a real track. I think thats all we ask for." - You are wrong! who are "we"? have you not been around here for the last few weeks? If it isn't live, on a channel that we already have or streaming on the internet for the world to see then the sport is going backwards. You are a CORE enthusiast. You want the sport to cater to what you want, not the masses. If the sport is ever going to grow and the riders are EVER going to get paid it needs to be done and in places differently than it has been.
The only thing that is going to make you happy is if DC goes away, Glen Helen has 8 of the 12 nationals. We bring Saddleback and Carlsbad back for a doubleheader at each. Oh yeah, maybe we can get you to announce? One race a year will be on the "Wide World of Sports" and we can all wait until cycle news comes on thursday to find out who won last week. Maybe, we can have a 900 number we can call get results if we are super antsy on Sunday night?
"Let's put it to rest" - affuginmazing.
I want a bigger purse for the riders but it's never going to be Nascar Money. Why, 98% of the people don't care about MX. Only us diehards do. And you can't keep milking the same cow all day because it runs dry.
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i was at pala national yesterday. there were a decent amount of fans. i will say theres good points on both of these sides of this thread. i just read all of them. 1. let the fans closer to the track. stop making mx like supercross. we go to both for different reasons. i cant feel the roost at supercross, that feeling at a national will make u feel like a kid again with your dad back at the races when you were growing up, and thats coming from a 31 year old depressed git 6000 miles from his pops but still, it did it.
2. are they still paying to get on TV? has any of these programs like GOLD helped with coverage? if we have to pay to get it on tv to just keep the main sponsors and keep it afloat? so be it, then money needs to be allowed to be made elsewhere for the privateers. if your gonna charge them for pit passes and parking for their vans how dare you dont allow them to sell merch? thats pathetic and penny pinching imo.
3. no excuses for not dropping the numbers, even if they are low, maybe then others will step in or people will donate to the privateers.
4. riders union needs to happen....way too many sports that are just as "unpopular" compared to nascar that are grossing way better pay checks. the surfing point was a great point, and the fella who originally posted it had great points, may not have the insider knowledge but at the end of the day great points that need to be addressed rather then " you try and do it and stop hating on DC for breathing"
5. industry check - bikes have doubled in price, incomes have not, how do they expect the younger ones to do it? i grew up riding and racing locally, always loved it, when i was 21 i had to sell my bike as my parents were moving back to the UK and i stayed here....so it was big boy life. i judt bought a bike this year, used 2015 250f for 4000$. it took me ten years to get back into it, and its not just the bike, the truck etc, granted yes part of it is on me to make the $ and sort my life, but i mean you can get into a lot of other exciting stuff for a 1/10th of the price.
6. im not buying any of this stuff of teams are not making money racing. bollocks. they wouldnt do it if there wasnt money in it. obviously some have differences like f1 segio got a drive because he brought a sponsor to the team none the less hes still getting paid fat weather he makes 5th or 20th.
7. the community....we need to do better. if we want the change, and the riders are not able to unionize, we need to do something then to make it happen. we cant boycott, but we can do something. make a spectators group, raffle off stuff from present and past pros, money goes to best finishing privateer that night or something. theres always gonna be the factory guys with money, and the winners should make more, and usually the factory guys are the fastest, but the payout for the lower guys is pathetic, and i think making the class only 10 riders would make it more boring. lap traffic is excellent drama, and theres still good battles outside the top ten.
IMO SX is a more targeted demographic and would come 1st.
Major tradional sport sponsors won’t be happy about their low ratings.
Sorry for the super late reply, but I wanted to respond after I came across your post. Surfing does have one huge advantage that allows the professional organization (WSL) to pay all athletes higher purses. That is the WSL is owned by Dirk Ziff and his wife Natasha; whose net worth is just shy of $8 billion. In fact, Natasha was the driving force behind men and women receiving equal payout purses in WSL competitions. She’s also responsible for the higher purses for all competitors. Which, currently has a minimum payout of $10,000 just for showing up to a WCT event.
Perhaps, Moto can find its own benevolent billionaire to sponsor the series. Anyone know if Elon Musk likes dirt bikes?
I will probably get lots of down votes but ….. Billionaires do not love the sport they love making more money off us peons.
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