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It bothers me that all of the commercials are the crashes, or Pieck showcasing his UFC skills.
I would rather see some of the epic back and forth battles, someone quading a rhythm section, someone completely owning a whoop section. But that would only appeal to the small percentage of actual riders that allready will be watching.
Actually, maybe it should. Then a bunch of fools would get bikes and yard sale
themselves into oblivion.
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Maybe it wasnt the biggest story to true SX/MX racing fans, but did any other story out of SX in 2016 get talked about or reposted more than Peick losing his shit on Friese.
GuyB in terms of traffic for any single story, article how high did anything to do with Peick and Friese at A1 rank?
The Canard / Reed incident a couple of years back, the Seely / Anderson rivalry through 250s and into the 450 class, Bowers / Webb there has been some great rivalries the past few years
The Peick / Friese incident was extreme, but there are some good rivalries from year to year that can be focused on.
Sure it helps more if those rivalries are at the pointy end of the field, it would sort of be cool if Dungey snaps and starts some shit talk with Roczen, maybe in line with some of his comments about Baker. Just a few sly comments about being fitter after winning a head up race. It won't happen but it would be cool.
RC V Reed, JS7 V RC, JS7 V Reed you knew there was no love lost between any of these guys on track and watched ever corner that any of those riders were side by side knowing something could go down at any second.
You just don't have the same expectation with Dungey, Roczen, Tomac and Musquin behind them you do with the likes of Barcia, Anderson and Peick.
LOL we need less respect between the guys up front in this sport.
Side note I always thought a MX team should do what the UFC did with the Ultimate Fighter Show, base a reality show around a bunch of up and comers competing for a ride on their team when they turn pro. I think if done right and shown on the right networks it would do for MX what TUF did for the UFC
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Second thing that I common is both want unions. The fighters in the UFC want one because they are sick of getting paid jack shit. Years ago guys on the undercard where getting paid 3k. You fight twice a year on top of expensises you do the math. Yes you do get 50k bonus in UFC for different. Categories but good luck with that even.
UFC took away the ability to advertise personal sponsors and forced everyone to take the reebok deal which shocker pays jack unless your a top guy.
Really UFC has turned kind of wwe with the trash talk but we need that also. That's why we like bowers or peick or Alessis or who ever else creates drama. It makes it more exciting.
Rousey payout despite losing last fight knocked the fuck out. . 3 million. Amanda nunes the champion who ronda fought. 200k. That's including 100k win bonus.
In terms of this topic and the promotion of the sport to the wider sports fan, the Peick punch/s were all over social networks and I would say caught the attention of a lot of people outside of the SX fan.
Was just curious if there were any articles about the incident that got a lot more general reads or views than say Anderson actually winning the race and giving Husqvarna their first ever SX 450 win. It was 12 months ago I can't even remember if there were any individual articles, though maybe an official press release regarding the suspension.
Even as a big racing fan, the Pieck incident comes to mind quicker regarding A1 last year than Anderson's win, which is a little scary.
JS7 is currently not signed by a team or a manufacture. so there is not even a team press release that can be put out to shed at least a little light on the situation.
No one will know anything until James or someone from his family / support team decide to say something, just is what it is.
At this point in time we all just have to wait until A1 and see if anything comes to light one way or another on the day, again unless someone form the JS7 camp speaks earlier.
The same can be said about viewership.... a whole lot of 18-45 yr old males watch MMA every weekend... some of them might only catch the weekly MMA event instead of viewing Saturday night Supercross... because of the age bracket and being primarily "sports" at right at men, they are direct competitors.... the problem is that MMA in general is doing a fantastic job of marketing, where as MX is just doing an "ok" job...
Case in point is Ronda Rousey and the UFC.... she is the biggest draw they have, and their marketing has made it that way.... a woman is the biggest draw in a male dominated neanderthal sport? YES! a thing that is absolutely UNTHINKABLE in the MX/SX world... at the end of the day, MMA wants asses in the seats and eyeballs on their PPVs and are willing to do whatever it takes to get the maximum of both, regardless if it is men or women fighting...
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Agree with @mxbenchracer, an Ultimate Fighter style show would be great.
As would an Embedded style series, I wish there was a culture of more high profile post race press conferences too.
Think how cool it would be this week to watch a non biased Embedded style series watching the teams and riders prep for A1. Could cut from Dunge, to Roczen, to Reed & Cooper, Wilson...
I appreciate UFC isn't everyones cup of tea, but I've been really impressed with the UFC hype and media before and after an event. I believe its the fastest growing sport in the US too.
You know the type of guy that's out there riding on the weekends, but doesn't follow the pro stuff all that much? They are drastically more important to the sport than what everyone is trying to attract, and they are ignored.
are plenty of ways to develop a rider's character without it being about
confrontation and rivalry. Surf and skate mags do this all the time
but granted the lifestyles are different. Meta magazine does some cool stuff
but it tends to show more past racers.
The problem with this, of course, is that even if a rider's image and character
develops beyond what we see on the track, only real race fans in the first place
are going to know. Not Joe Q. Public.
My wife likes to watch main events, but won't sit there with me for 3 hours of Ralph, Jeff and qualifying. I know you can just fast forward, but in the instant gratification world we live in, the easier the better.
Do I need to go on? For people who don't see the lines between UFC and Supercross. Come down from that pedestal and look at it again without being biased.
I find this idea that "mx doesn't need to grow" or "is fine the way it is" or "we don't need to attract those viewers" rather defeatist and short sighted. Especially as kids media consumption and habits are changing.
I have a quote stuck in my mind, for some reason I think it came from Davey Coombes but could be totally wrong, was something along the lines of "never under estimate how much McGrath's charisma alone did for the growth of the sport". (anyone remember that?)
As a teenager, MC and Supercross VHS tapes got me itching to ride - and participate. Heck, how often do you hear of European pros that say they used to watch supercross as kids and dream of racing it...
To make supercross (or any sport) interesting, you need to care who wins. To keep inspiring new kids (and adults) to ride, we need interesting, nourishing media that inspires, gets them invested and makes them give a shit who wins.
The UFC media machine is great at this and there are lessons to be learnt as they in a short time span have taken a huge slice of a the young male demographic that brands such as Monster and Geico want to advertise to.
It appears like half the people commenting in here haven't watched any UFC media and are cutting off their nose to spite their face.... a common trend around here.
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