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2010: Boring (Only Dungey left)
2011: Exciting title chase to the end
2012: Boring (Everybody crashed out)
2013: Boring (RV locked everything up)
2014: Boring (RV locked everything up)
2015: Boring (Dungey locked everything up)
I would like a change so the final races are more exiting to watch. Every time at the end of a supercross season I am looking forward to something else.
I guess I just watch so many other sports. The regular season is still important, but there are always guys who go off like a bottle rocket, but when it's playoff time you learn who the big dogs are.
Let's take Aaron Plessinger two years ago at LL's. Jordan Smith was the heavy B class favorite. Plessinger showed up and wiped the floor with everyone. Does he not deserve those titles?
Not saying pro racing should be a one race title, but how do you exactly define who is the best? At what point in time? If this series when for 45 rounds it's very possible Dungey might get injured or someone else would catch fire. So when do say that guy is the best?
Another time was in 92' when Emig stole the 125 title from Larocco. Who deserved that title? Larocco's dad basically flubbed it all up. How do define "best?"
1) NO point reset like arenacross. Riders keep their points from the first 2/3 of the season - as stated, it's really unfair to the ones who have been there every week.
2) For the final 1/3 of the events, main event wins are worth 75 points, 10 points back to 2nd and then 5 points less per position after that. This keeps guys with a big lead from cruising it in, and gives others a realistic shot at the title. Call it the finals, grand finale, whatever.
Aside from that, I do believe the series is too long. Having a throwaway round would also be good if they are going to have such a long series, but it will make scoring confusing and that wouldn't be good on the marketing end.
It makes the championship into a complete sham, just like NASCAR. It's nothing more than a desperate short-sighted ploy for attention in the nano-second attention span culture we have. NASCAR got an initial boost from their change for about 3-4 years and then interest went downhill fast. Last year they made it into even more of a gameshow where the best finisher in the last race wins the championship. Why not just watch The Price Is Right?
If the format has to be tweaked I would say use a format where you can drop 1 or 2 of your worst finishes in the series, ie. your best 15 of 17 races count. This was done in Formula 1 for about a decade:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Formula_One_World_Championship_poi…
Yes it may be boring watching dungy, but sometimes you can look around the track to find a good battle, sometimes though it is single file. Either way it's the riders that decide how well we are entertained. It is their show.
Having a playoff format could force some guys back from injuries earlier. Do we want to see a gritty Canard come back from a broken arm too early? What if coming back early shortened Roczen's career?
A couple weeks ago, someone was posting that Supercross was run by an "entertainment company," like it was a bad thing. To me, having a championship that's earned by racing all 17 rounds shows that they're interested in the legitimacy of the racing, not in being a sideshow.
On the other hand, they're using a playoff format in Arenacross this year...
Pit Row
There are purist who do not care for what NASCAR did but it is working. Fontana sold out a few weeks ago and Cal is not a NASCAR state, as far from it as you can get.
Riders being injured by going balls out to make the chase or returning from injury too soon? These guys can suffer career ending injuries on a practice track
Cruising around after they have made the chase? What do u think it looks like out there right now when the title is already decided. It is one big frieight train of riders cruising around...no passing...no intensity
Some guy gets injured and misses half the season and makes it back into the chase by winning and wins the title. It can happen in most any sport. Huge and succesful sports all have playoff formats. Most any ball sport, NASCAR, NHRA, F1 hS a double point final...all of this is to avoid what SX deals with most seasons.
Everyone wants live TV and riders making big bucks. It's not going to happen if the sport gets shitty ratings and fans lose interest at the end of the season
I guarantee you would see some wild eyed mofos like Weston Peick, Trey Canard, and Chad Reed when the playoff rounds started. The current red plater would feel enormous pressure to not choke. Some guys would buckle like a cheap umbrella, and others would live for the moment. Could you imagine 2003 with Reed rolling with all that momentum and RC doing everything he can to drag that low rider to the finish under a structure like this?
Then again, I'm kind of a dreamer and seem to see all kinds of potential in just about anything.
As far SX goes, I think something like that would be a good change. Dungey has this thing locked up and it's boring now.
Why not try something different? Change is good.
It's not working this way imo.
We need to move further in the direction of entertainment, the show is too boring.
Supercross is a victim of it's own success. They make so much money they don't want to improve anything.
Eric Peronnard should be the promoter. He knows how to put on a show.
Dungey would lose 58 points, Tomac only 12 although Dungey will still have 238 points with Tomac on 204.
Herlings still almost won it. In a playoff system he would have had zero chance. Not a difficult concept......
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