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We have flaggers meetings each race day,but this does little to change a bored tired flagger during the day.
Traveling "professional" flaggers at the national level makes sense.Locally I don't know what the answer is.
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It's time the sport makes them an integral part of the program, begin a certification program, and have it be an honor and a privilege to flag at a National.
Seriously I like the idea of these guys being billboards and even will go as far to say in some sections of SX/MX these flaggers could be wearing protective equipment.
At the Glen Helen Nationals it is an all volunteer flagger deal but 99 percent of these guys are REM racers so they know the drill.
Everyone makes some great points. I know that the AMA does provide some flaggers for the nationals put not nearly enough to cover an entire track. The AMA flaggers have to work with what is provided to them at the races. Often times after a practice if situation arises where a section of the track needs an additional flagger, an AMA official will either move an existing flagger to that spot or ask the promoter to find another flagger.
Personally I believe flaggers at a minimum should be individuals whom themselves have raced. I say this because a racer understands race lines. There is the main line and alternate lines. Also a racer will understand the flow of the track from one section to the next.
In the event a rider should fall in the main line a flagger with race experience can redirect riders starting from the jump or turn prior to the section where the down rider is at. Doing so you will on most occasions steer the riders away from the down rider and the medical team.
AMA officials understand this and do a great job, but it is difficult to convey this to a non-racer flagger, let alone trying to explain it to them on race day.
With regards to compensation, YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR. In all honesty you are asking someone to spend an entire day monitoring one section of the track and if done appropriately that person is not going to be watching a race.
That's insane, turn flagging into a skilled position? Then you'd have to pay them skilled wages....won't happen.
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Will the AMA fix the flagging problems? No, their normal course of action is inaction. Ostrich management.
This won't get fixed until one of the manufacturers has a major issue that affects them and they run bitching to the AMA/DC/MXSports about the situation. Then there will be action to save face but still not resolve the issue.
I am more than willing to be proven wrong on this, but I have heard the chin boogie from the powers that be for so long I'll have to see it before I believe it.
1) I hope in six years you will have that stick out of your butt. Motonews started taking its last breaths as soon as Hutch sold it and later getting rid of FFOTW was taking it off life support.
2) Judging by the amount of hits the majority of the threads I start especially Behind The Scenes stuff it appears you are in the minority but thanks for following my posts as much as you do.
2) Have you seen how many hits some of Big Lenny's threads get? I'm not sure that's the true measure of one's contribution to a forum.
Back on topic hopefully someone in the know will address who is actually responsible for the flagging. I am not sure it is "the AMA."
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