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I remember Men's hockey at the Olympics in 2014, when Team Canada shut out the high powered US team in a 3-0 game. People called it boring. The fact was Team Canada played a perfect defensive game and scored when the US team got themselves caught trying to score. If one team/rider is perfect, the unpredictability goes away. The excitement level goes down, but you have to marvel at just how good that team/rider is.
I like Dungey, he's not my favourite rider, but watching the guy ride is such a treat because he just flows, nothing gets to the guy, he just clicks off perfect lap after perfect lap. Sure, Roczen, Tomac, and on the right night Ando and Trey can go faster, but they can't do it lap after lap. What we are seeing is RD becoming a winning machine, and he does it by not making mistakes. The riding is at a higher caliber than ever, he's just that good. If that's boring to you then so be it. Stop watching and the Live Stream will work better for me!
So, with a brutal TV production and just boring racing, I am fast forwarding through most of the heats and main events. Unless something catches my eye as interesting, I fast forward through the races.
I also fast forward through anything involving Twtter and Jenny Taft and a lot of what Shaheen and Emig say.
You have races in Toronto where watching Stew go from 14 to to first was like a drug. That feeling was amazing. I literally was up out of my seat screaming at the TV. Then you have a night like tonight. Not saying every race has to be like that obviously, to be enjoyable!! But it just proves how fn dumb "you're not a real fan" guy is who bashes people that will say a night like tonight was boring when we've seen so much crazy shit happen in the past.
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Sounds like they've been pretty hard on you, eh?
I remember 1987-88 when Ron Lechein would most likely finish third and either Ward or Johnson won the race. Week after week of that.
McGrath used to get a good start, make a few slick passes in the first couple laps then win going away. Week after week of that. And I dont remember McGrath being Mr. Personality during his podium interviews either.
It should also be noted that the audience these televised SX events are aimed at isn't mature adults with critical thought processes. They are aimed primarily at young mindless consumers with short attention spans and little critical thought processes in their heads. These consumers are persons most easily duped by advertising into buying products simply because a talking head said so, a factory team is seen using such n such product or a banner displaying a product is over a finish line. Extended commercials masquerading as racing is what televised SX is about. If someone is not duped by this fantasy then of course it will be boring for them to watch.
Like all motor sports that have gone downhill over the past 30 years off road motorcycle racing is the victim of hostile corporate takeover. 30 years of corporate domination have destroyed the sport. Suggestions on changing track format and rearranging classes are all fine and good but will do nothing to change the fact that corporations own the events, own the racers and own racing in general. Here are the only suggestions with any hope of changing the situation in such a way as to return racing to just that, racing.
1 Ban corporate sponsorship of events. The only reason corporations are involved with racing is the stock holders quarterly dividend.
2 Ban factory teams. They are nothing more then advertisers with bottomless pockets who will buy their way to the podium every race.
3 Dissolve the AMA simply because it is clearly corrupt and has been complicit in the downfall of racing. Two examples of AMA corruption: 1 The forced back seating of two strokes at the request of Japanese corporations so said corporations could market an inferior four stroke technology with higher maintenance costs. 2 Forcing trials bikes into a red headed step child class in endurocross when trials bikes are clearly superior for the competition. This move was again at the request of Japanese corporations that don't sell trials bikes and wanted to have their sh&t tier four strokes front and center.
4 Set up the race classes based on mechanics similar to kart racing, ie this bike or that bike, no modifications allowed, no exceptions made. This would level the playing field so that privateers could be on the podium right next to the factory teams that... oh yah the factory teams are already gone.
These four changes would wipe out 99% of the problems mentioned in the first post of this thread. With no corporate sponsorship races would be organized on a grass roots level and be open to any format. Without factory teams virtually anyone with talent could find their way into a race and onto a podium. Without an arbitrary hierarchical organization keeping a strangle hold on the racing scene the scene could grow and expand organically. With racing classes that render moot the latest and greatest technology only 1% of the population can afford true athletics and talent would shine on a racetrack.
As for how will big races be paid for corporations can still foot the bill by buying ad space during commercial breaks and if need be a small side scrolling never ending ticker at the bottom of the TV screen easily covered by some duct tape.
As for the minority of persons currently making money in the racing scene now that would be hurt by these changes, F em. Society doesn't need overpaid modern gladiators whose job is to create a market to sell products no one needs. These persons can work sh&t jobs for a living and enjoy dirt bikes on the weekends just like everybody else.
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Some good analysis there. Well done.
I say, like I said before, multiple rows of start gates. Let the top boys of whatever night start with each other. We may actually see some racing. Plus the points would be closer because people like Kenny would have less 6th's to his name. Imagine Kenny, Tomac and Anderson all starting with Dungey every main.. That would be so much better than a main event being over the first corner of the first lap.
Watching Anahiem 2 1999 the other day, and one of the triples was straight out a 90 degree turn, forcing the riders to go outside on the hard slick dirt. But then a couple of the riders started making it work from the inside in their heats. To see something like that happen was a big deal, it was a real ace card that could make a huge difference and was difficult to pull off consistently. Of course riders are doing different things today, hence the difference between the top guys and everyone else, but it feels boring for some reason. Like everyone is doing the same thing and even if one guy is doing something a bit extra the difference is only a fraction.
Following the leader ,a guy on the best bike at his best mental and physical level ever is going to be boring.
I haven't watched a full broadcast yet this year. I find out what time it's on and tune in just in time for the last few of laps of the 250s then go find something else to watch for 30min while they finish up promoting the living fuck out of Monster before the 450 race. 450 race is entertaining for the first 5 laps until the leader/winner is decided, at which point I'm over watching follow the leader.
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But I didn't make it through this read ...
Unfortunately, every sport, school, and companies HR departments have completely eliminated "telling it like it is" or being "aggressive". It is a society issue and in no way limited to supercross.
Agree?
To the OP RE boring now I don't think the racing is boring now......it has been boring ever since RD took over the 450 points lead IMO
Even then it sucks and always has. And it's not just a regular suckage, either. Lotsa stuff sucks; it's more than that. Supercross, more than any other factor you could name (by far), has eroded and cheapened the sport of motocross. That alone is enough to hate it, even discounting the basic problem ... that it's just a joke for bottom feeders.
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