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Some people want to blame the riders but I don't. Every rider up there is really cool and has so much to offer the sport on both a skill and intellectual level. I think it is ultimately the responsibility of the owners of the series to make them better or more exciting. Maybe let the riders set the agenda and just talk? Maybe don't do them? Of all the sports I follow SX has the worst pressers and its my favorite sport. I would love to see the pressers be better and what I want most is for the riders to enjoy them. What to do?
MX is the worst case of buddy-buddy industry Ive ever seen, and everyone is all hush hush about any injuries, etc. The promoters are mediocre to average in my opinion.
And I know everyone likes to suck up to Davey around here, but in all reality the sport could be run better. That is a FACT, people talk about TV and this and that has improved. Wake up people, the times have changed a lot of things are better than 1974. Freaking paintball was streaming live in the early 2000s, yet still have issues with the first national every year with the live feed.
1) Better questions, get the guys involved and try to get good responses out of them, try to transition into questions. Ask questions that wont get your typical response.
2) Who was the host? Guessing, Emig or Weigandt, I dont think it should be Emig, Weigandt or Shaheen.
3) Get rid of the monster girls
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If this sport had a bit more "distance" between the riders and the media...it would be a whole lot better off. The "buddy buddy" aspect kills the actual reporting and as a result you get a watered down press conference.
-Main stream media outlets (ESPN, for example) showing an interest in, and reporting on, moto/supercross. They don't care about relationships, and have enough exposure that they can say what they want and the riders/teams sponsors will still expect them to work with them (see next point).
-Existing media, have a self induced paradigm shift in priorities. From being "buddy buddy", to being actual "journalists" and digging for and reporting the "truth" and what the "fans" really want to know. I know, I know...the teams will "black ball" journalists that do that...BUT...teams need media exposure, so if ALL of the media outlets started doing that, the teams would have no choice but to work with the media...AND...I believe the fans would LOVE to read the "dirt" (good and bad) on these riders and teams, and the media outlets that reported it, would get the most traffic/exposure/subscriptions...since sponsors (who fund teams) want as much exposure as they can possibly get, it is important to teams/riders to work with the media outlets that have the most traffic/exposure/subscriptions...so then the teams get a little pressure from the pocket book (so to speak) to work with the media outlets that are reporting the "dirt" (again, good and bad).
(It'll never happen...mainstream media will never give a hoot about moto...and the existing media won't ever bite the hand that feeds them-regardless of the long term potential benefits....but a guy can dream, right?)
Yes.
Shorter, no dead air, pointed questions that have already been fed to a single interviewer. None of this "uhhh....does anyone have any questions? nobody? any questions?? uhhhhh". Riders well presented sitting at a purpose made interview booth, not slouching in the crappy fold up seats and sitting at the hotel's fold out table...
seriously, a grade 1 christmas show is slicker than what these guys put on...hire someone that knows what the hell they are doing and just do what they say.
Or at least someone who might be closer to this type of mentality.
One thing was obvious yesterday, nobody wanted to show their cards. Seemed overly cagey to me. I just wish one of the riders would say they'd had a crappy off season, ate loads of crap, and then goes out and smokes everyone
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