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But to answer your question, the promoters of the offseason SX races sure seem to pay top talent pretty well to attend their races. Rumor is 50x more then a winner of the mxdn makes
Off season SX races in Europe do pay well, they are also padded out with a lot of lesser known talent that enables them to get a few of the bigger names to the event! I'm guessing you've been reading Racer X, Tomac would never be compensated that much (you know the 50x more than the MXdN winner makes as you put it) to race Bercy, no way in hell. You'd never get that kinda start money for a MXdN with the depth of riders racing!
Are the GPs in America the MONSTER GP of Charlotte? Etc
I don't believe the MXDN is the Monster mxdn.
Point: Monster is compensating their sponsored athlete sufficiently to compete in those two races in which they're the headline sponsor, much like I'm sure Red Bull does with their athletes and the straight rhythm. If they would like to compensate them extra for the mxdn as well I'm all for that
Do you think Tomac is racing the USGPs because he wants to? Or because Monster made it worth his while?
Let me just drive my point home and call it a year.
I think all participants should be compensated monetarily. % or flat rate.
My other issue is people questioning the riders pride or honour/honor. I personally think most have pride or honour for country but Imo I find it just as honorable to pass on such an opportunity like the mxdn so that you can spend it with your loved ones, especially when it's an event that happens yearly.
And with that I will bow out knowing I'm right
No need for name calling sir
Why would Monster make it worth his while and not the MXdN?
The coverage and popularity of the latter blows the former out of the water!
And there is a week break again between the GH USGP and the MXoN. That was crazy last year.
Speaking of crazy I find it highly entertaining the sympathy these young atheletes (a few of them millionaires) garner from Vital MX crowd.
I know as well as anyone the sacrifices these modern day gladiators make by the dedication required, the travel schedule and ever present danger factor. That having been said give me a freaking break about having to race another race or two! This is their job and how many of us have had jobs that absolutely suck, doing things we didn't want to do, working for people we didn't want to work for, people we thought and know are complete idiots. Most of us also didnt't risk paralysis and death like our racers do but the compensation at the level for the riders who are MXoN eligible is pretty good.
Racing SX/MX professionally is far from easy but what I'm saying it is pretty darn good work if you can get. BTW don't even get me started on the doing it for country deal.. So sick of most everything always being about money and what's in it for me.
More than a few people inside and outside our sport could benefit from the concept of paying it forward IMHO. Excellent movie Pay It Forward too.
Hoping the MXoN pays off for Bud Feldkamp given the investment he's made in putting on USGPs in year's past. Budd's Creek was great, ditto for Thunder Valley and here's hoping the 2017 GH MXoN will be one we talk about as where we regained the Chamberlain trophy.
Pit Row
Basically Imo that's what these guys have done and I can't expect or demand they do anything different.
As far as paying it forward, it's an easy argument to make, if these guys are skipping due to monetary concerns, that paying forward is exactly what they're doing. Ask today's NFL players if the guys who held out in the early 80s I believe so they foul have free agency if they paid it forward. Sure as hell didn't seem like it to the fans of that time.
But it is very, very disgusting that MXdN has somehow become questionable because riders don't get enough of money according to some people and even some moto media. That is in my opinion insane. MXdN isn't about the money, it never was. Nobody thought that is was "unfair" or unjust for the riders when US absolutely dominated the world of MX in early 2000s and 1990s.
Yes. The devil himself Luongo makes money of this event. But hey, do you know that the owner of SX Kenneth Feld is according to the internet worth of 1,8bn. I'm not going to defend Luongo but this Feld guy have way, way more money than Luongo. Feld could basically make every single main event rider a millionaire, but why would he? I'm just going to stop there.
But USA needs to correct their expectations for MXdN. They should go into every race and aim at the title but not expect it. The days of USA winning it even before the gate drops are gone, and that is a good thing. Way more uncertain and exciting!
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