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Primitive out in the boonies? Wow, what a fucking nancy boy you are. Thats the most pussified thing I've ever read on Vital. You've got to be trollling.
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Have you thought of doing something similar to MXGP.TV? Online live streaming for all audiences around the world? From practice through to the final main moto?
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But 3 extra shitters a tv deal that is paid for??
Like all sports and entertainment it is all about Live Links. MX is a very small sport around the world but a lot of people will watch a live stream.
Surprised SX hasnt tried Japan or Singapore maybe China before it is blown up.
90% of Vital said KTM would never win a race let alone a Championship. As hard as it is for the USA to understand you are part of the world not the World.
curious to know exactly how your "wifi was non-existent" when you weren't even there.....
For 20 years all the NPG track owners haven't been able to truly work together to make a sensible schedule. And apparently no one else can tell them how it needs to be.
How can we ever expect any of the other stuff to get done it they can't even do that?
With all due respect to what you have accomplished and fought to preserve - I see the #1 challenge right now being, how can we make going racing a more financially attractive thing for teams and in turn show an improved ROI to potential sponsors.
Along those lines, I have a hard time believing you would think the current merchandising situation is acceptable if you were a team owner. If i understand it correctly, they can sell merchandise through the series booths, but I doubt that for every $20 shirt that sells the team even sees enough of that money to buy one mechanic a sandwich off the value menu. That my friend is not a fair, open market environment.
If there was one change I could ask you to make, it would be to allow more of an open market for more revenue to get back to the teams and their sponsors that are helping keep this whole thing afloat.
Thank you for at least listening.
Also I would much rather buy a shirt, hat, or jacket from a team or even a privateer rider rather than from that Moto Tees rig.
Pit Row
How bout try to make a schedule that the privateers, you know the back bone of the sport, can follow without going backrupt. Sure is funny how, in each series, there is always a series of races that crosses the country to make sure the privateers have to skip a round or 2. Ensuring that the factory riders are always in the top.
How bout stop making the tracks groom the exact same so we can have different types of surfaces to race on. How bout we add a 125 support class and allow the 250 class to be either 2 or 4 stroke since 250Fs these days make well over 50HP. And will help keep the cost of privateers racing down. Don't agree, go get Mitch Peytons opinion.
How bout we add a couple outdoor races and get rid of 5 dorkercross races where 90% of the people who show up are posers who don't know what the red plate means or even who half the racers are and sit over your shoulder and ask if McGrath is hurt this week and is Trevor Piranha going to be doing back flips tonight.
How bout we return the idea of a grand national champion, that way the racers will have to race the whole series instead of getting 100 points behind in dorkercross and then just lay back waiting for outdoors to start. This would eliminate the need for that stupid "chase" points crap.
I'm a fan of the semis, but I would gladly support the idea of a Amateur all star class, 2 or 4 stroke up to 250cc to run in its place and return to 9 transfers from the heats in the 450 class.
Hey but wifi seems much more important.
Why is growing the sport always answered with how much money you guys can make.
Since the more money never goes to riders purses.
Can we not grow the sport without the need to make more money, can we not make improvements and make the same money?
It is harder to pay for due to both transportation and lodging and food.
Now consider conditioning. Maybe drive for a few hours then get out, get sweaty, and then drive a few more hours?
And stay in shape over the break periods too.
I do think its time to let 250s race 250s and 125 race 125s. Get rid of the ruts and deep grooming. Start the races earlier and have at least a one moto 125 support race.
My biggest complaint at the Nationals is the giant VIP tents taking up prime viewing space. Which might not be so bad if the damn tents weren't empty all day and being patrolled by Security. This might just be a Glen Helen thing I don't know but its the one thing that makes me feel like I might not want to buy a ticket next year. Oh, and those giant Monster blow up cans in the infield blocking the view. I always want to see some drunk stick a knife in that F&%# thing.
Trying too hard to reach new masses don't necessarily make a sport better for the long run even if it means growing the audience in the short run.
I kind of care about the pro riders, but not so much that in 10 years the things I love about it are gone.
Be careful what we ask for, we might just get it.
I disagree about putting the 250's on the lesser network because I think the 250 racing has been the better racing recently. I'd rather watch them.
This will step on a lot of toes for outdoors, but here goes:
4 Quarter finals (These are shown in recorded short clips at the beginning of the TV show)
2 Semi finals
(The problem now is getting rider's heart rate down before the next start so this is when to do taped personality stories)
Final Moto (no TV commercials or split screen)
I wouldn't attempt to regulate bikes at all for Pro's.
When pigs fly.
I dunno, I'm sure there is some kind of app that might help with racer position.
But, how much better would it be than to have more loudspeakers for the announcers?
I mean, even Nascar has to revert to pointers on TV to keep the positions clear.
Is that is what is envisioned, phones with real time arrows pointing to placement and positions?
As for being primitive, out in the boonies, deal with it.
That's motocross. In a field out on a farm somewhere. Thinking you are gonna find land, close to the cities,
with all the amenities that go with it, to run a race the size of a National, is pipe dreaming.
Go ahead, anyone here on this board. Pick up the phone, get online, come back here with a list of places
ready, willing and able run within 10 minutes from any city. You don't have to leave your house.
Show us how easy it is.
Ya, nice tracks. Like what, more VIP seating?
How about white lawn type furniture, with director style seats, 4 per table, 1000 of them, with canvas umbrellas,
so the ladies in their white sun dresses can take in the races while they sip on their Long Island ice teas.
Yea, that's motocross. That's the demographic this sport needs.
The schedule has been changed around more than a few times to help with team travel.
Years ago they went cross country much more than they do now.
What , in your opinion, is a sensible schedule?
Hell, they practically gutted the soul of this sport when they went from Sunday to Saturday racing, which as
far as I can remember, was done mainly to help the teams.
Hey, I'm all for improvement, but you wanna run or not?
Yeah, I kinda don't agree with you can't sell your stuff at the track.
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