Geico Leaving The Sport?

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outerlimits 9/1/2020 5:35pm
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God forbid the energy drinks leave the sport. They might have to go back to Camel, Coca Cola and 2-strokes. Life really sucked back then Wink
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AndrewCarson 9/1/2020 5:37pm
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While I admit the 90s were a majestic time for the sport, if monster pulls out for some reason id wager supercross would become a traveling carnival.
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outerlimits wrote:
God forbid the energy drinks leave the sport. They might have to go back to Camel, Coca Cola and 2-strokes. Life really sucked back then Wink
Perhaps the modern equivalent would be Camel replaced by Vaping products....Cola changes to Vitamin water, and 2-strokes replaced with E-Bikes....

As long as we have sponsor money keeping the train moving, I'm fine with it.
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Tough to commit to a spectator sport with no spectators and shortened seasons.....
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AndrewCarson 9/1/2020 6:02pm
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Id rather the sport just die than become a plug for vaping. 😂
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GoonRider93 9/1/2020 6:36pm
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I've always wondered why there aren't more Plant manufacturers involved. CAT, JCB, Doosan, Liebherr etc no doubt equipment like that is used with track building.
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AndrewCarson 9/1/2020 6:53pm
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Maybe with nascar being a flaming dumpster fire we can absorb some of their sponsors.
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MXMattii wrote:
If the Energy drinks give up on moto, then we will have some hard times. Just like we had after the departure of tobacco companies. But...
If the Energy drinks give up on moto, then we will have some hard times. Just like we had after the departure of tobacco companies. But like I already told there are companies willing to spend money, only promoters of the sport drove them away. The Fly360 helmet cam (because Reed couldn't use it on the Nationals), Dodge (because they couldn't show their cars in the SX Paddock, because FELD only wanna see the "Official SX Brands there), Ignite CBD (Because Supercross only allows the official CBD-oil sponsor logo and that is CBDMD), ...

If riders and teams keep allowing this, they will end up like the UFC fighters. From a pants full of personal sponsors they went to a obligated Reebok pants where there are no logos allowed on, except the ones who are also a sponsor of UFC.

Agreed, Feld is SX chimera and bellerophon.
GforceCoatings 9/1/2020 7:14pm
9/1/2020 7:14pm Edited Date/Time 9/1/2020 7:15pm
Great news. Geico is shit insurance for the price. Every company will offer more coverage for less if you switch. GIECO jumped ship. Time for you to jump ship also.
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AndrewCarson wrote:
Maybe with nascar being a flaming dumpster fire we can absorb some of their sponsors.
Flaming dumpster fire? By what measure?
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GoonRider93 wrote:
I've always wondered why there aren't more Plant manufacturers involved. CAT, JCB, Doosan, Liebherr etc no doubt equipment like that is used with track building.
being a CAT employee.. Id love to see CAT as a title sponsor.
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I always thought it was cool how one of the snocross teams is sponsored by the US Air Force. They also sponsor one of the rounds.



Not only that but they always inaugurate a bunch of people at each round. I'd much rather see something like this during SX over some of the other filler material they have. It's been going on for a long time as the video is from 2013.

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GoonRider93 wrote:
I've always wondered why there aren't more Plant manufacturers involved. CAT, JCB, Doosan, Liebherr etc no doubt equipment like that is used with track building.
They're not exactly consumer goods retailers.

How many weekend warriors are in the market for a CAT?

Perhaps the odd construction industry guy or an industrial plumber?
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AndrewCarson 9/1/2020 8:04pm
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AndrewCarson wrote:
Maybe with nascar being a flaming dumpster fire we can absorb some of their sponsors.
GuyB wrote:
Flaming dumpster fire? By what measure?
I mean.. idk what there is to explain. Nascar is dead.
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I am a huge fan of Liquid IV. Best hangover cure. They also have some very rich people backing them. Demi Lovato, Kevin Hart, Kendall Jenner...
I am a huge fan of Liquid IV. Best hangover cure. They also have some very rich people backing them. Demi Lovato, Kevin Hart, Kendall Jenner, Hailey and Justin Bieber, James Corden just to name a few. They could 100% afford this.
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Kendall Jenner at Supercross races, I wouldn't mined...
For you we can go way back and you can have Bruce Jenner.
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To have a peek on next generation sponsors in racing endeavours you can always take a look on F1 or MotoGP. I've notice high end watch manufacturers (Hubolt, TAG Heuer, etc) support F1, one can argue that the fan base of this sport is a demographic whom would buy those products, something I find difficult to happen with MX crowd.

But we are a world apart from those series. Just go to their webpage, full list of teams with pictures of their cars/bikes listing the sponsors, specifications of the engine, chasis, riders/drivers

Feld & MX Sports should take a note. This is the presentation card of their business, give the teams some recognition in the official website of the series.


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premiersportsoutlet 9/1/2020 8:38pm
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I liked NASCAR back in the day when Robby Gordon used to race. Nowadays, I don’t know any of the new guys other than the big names.

I agree, it’s definitely dying off.

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AndrewCarson wrote:
Maybe with nascar being a flaming dumpster fire we can absorb some of their sponsors.
GuyB wrote:
Flaming dumpster fire? By what measure?
AndrewCarson wrote:
I mean.. idk what there is to explain. Nascar is dead.
If you say so.
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cablecable 9/1/2020 10:34pm
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perfect opportunity for another Insurance company to take over and fill the same spot, pull all the current Geico customers over.
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motoarmageddon wrote:
Do the sponsors that put $2 million into mx actually get $2 mil back in sales from mx? Doubtful. I think its like a tax write...
Do the sponsors that put $2 million into mx actually get $2 mil back in sales from mx? Doubtful. I think its like a tax write off for these companies. MX needs them more than they need MX
Geico spends 2 billion on advertising. A big part of that will be spend on simply being visible with their 15 minutes campaign on all kind of platforms & programms&commercials. An "easy" comparison for them to make is taking all the 15 minutes to go time for geico mentions the broadcast team makes and compare that to what it would cost to get the same eyeballs by buying 30 sec commercials on a regular show.
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roninho 9/1/2020 11:19pm
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cablecable wrote:
perfect opportunity for another Insurance company to take over and fill the same spot, pull all the current Geico customers over.
Actually, i'm not so sure. The 15 minute campaign is a great fit. If you take out the slogan there really isnt any reason to say something about an insurance company. Except for the link when there is a big crash, but cant see anyone wanting to be associated with that,
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GforceCoatings wrote:
Great news. Geico is shit insurance for the price. Every company will offer more coverage for less if you switch. GIECO jumped ship. Time for you...
Great news. Geico is shit insurance for the price. Every company will offer more coverage for less if you switch. GIECO jumped ship. Time for you to jump ship also.
I got a few quotes from Geico. They were never cheaper. Always more $.
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I’ve actually emailed this company in regards to sponsoring an MX team. We are the perfect demographic target. Never got a response.

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GoonRider93 9/3/2020 6:26am
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GoonRider93 wrote:
I've always wondered why there aren't more Plant manufacturers involved. CAT, JCB, Doosan, Liebherr etc no doubt equipment like that is used with track building.
Momus wrote:
They're not exactly consumer goods retailers. How many weekend warriors are in the market for a CAT? Perhaps the odd construction industry guy or an industrial...
They're not exactly consumer goods retailers.

How many weekend warriors are in the market for a CAT?

Perhaps the odd construction industry guy or an industrial plumber?
That's a valid point to be fair, but they sponsor other sports so it's not totally inconceivable. But what you said makes sense too.
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hamncheeze 9/3/2020 9:32am
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FerCzD wrote:
To have a peek on next generation sponsors in racing endeavours you can always take a look on F1 or MotoGP. I've notice high end watch...
To have a peek on next generation sponsors in racing endeavours you can always take a look on F1 or MotoGP. I've notice high end watch manufacturers (Hubolt, TAG Heuer, etc) support F1, one can argue that the fan base of this sport is a demographic whom would buy those products, something I find difficult to happen with MX crowd.

But we are a world apart from those series. Just go to their webpage, full list of teams with pictures of their cars/bikes listing the sponsors, specifications of the engine, chasis, riders/drivers

Feld & MX Sports should take a note. This is the presentation card of their business, give the teams some recognition in the official website of the series.


This^^

While I will agree that SX/MX does not have the same fan base as F1 or MotoGP in terms of blue collar/white collar, the presentation of both F1 and MotoGP is way above what we have going in SX. I'll give Pro Motocross a pass here, as it is a national series but if one looks at the SX webpage for riders/teams:

https://www.supercrosslive.com/riders/450sx

What we have here is a poorly laid out page with a mishmash of pictures. Now let's analyze closer:

1. Mike Alessi does not race SX at all. He does not ride for MCR either.
2. Justin Hill is pictued and listed as a JGR/Suzuki rider.
3. Joey Savatgy is still listed as riding for Monster Energy Kawasaki.
4. Alex Ray is listed as racing for HEP.
5. Josh Grant is on there with no team, and has not raced SX since his 2019 fill-in at Yamaha.

I mean, we are a full season or more on from any of the above being correct. That is downright embarrassing and whoever runs the PR/marketing at Feld should probably take a demotion. Imagine a team trying to land a title sponsor that is a national or multinational company, and their marketing team has a look at the series webpage and sees a bunch of irrelevant and incorrect information?? Would that team go back to the CEO with a glowing report recommending investment into the sport of SX, based on what they are seeing?

Feld as a company is way more interested in promoting itself and the series, than using the riders to promote the series. That is the fundamental problem. They are also very good at taking sponsorship money brought into the sport by a rider or team, and getting the company to instead invest in the series. Chad Reed for example brought in both Discount Tire and CBD-MD and amazingly both companies ended up sponsoring the series. Same with JGR and Toyota.

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hamncheeze wrote:
This^^ While I will agree that SX/MX does not have the same fan base as F1 or MotoGP in terms of blue collar/white collar, the presentation...
This^^

While I will agree that SX/MX does not have the same fan base as F1 or MotoGP in terms of blue collar/white collar, the presentation of both F1 and MotoGP is way above what we have going in SX. I'll give Pro Motocross a pass here, as it is a national series but if one looks at the SX webpage for riders/teams:

https://www.supercrosslive.com/riders/450sx

What we have here is a poorly laid out page with a mishmash of pictures. Now let's analyze closer:

1. Mike Alessi does not race SX at all. He does not ride for MCR either.
2. Justin Hill is pictued and listed as a JGR/Suzuki rider.
3. Joey Savatgy is still listed as riding for Monster Energy Kawasaki.
4. Alex Ray is listed as racing for HEP.
5. Josh Grant is on there with no team, and has not raced SX since his 2019 fill-in at Yamaha.

I mean, we are a full season or more on from any of the above being correct. That is downright embarrassing and whoever runs the PR/marketing at Feld should probably take a demotion. Imagine a team trying to land a title sponsor that is a national or multinational company, and their marketing team has a look at the series webpage and sees a bunch of irrelevant and incorrect information?? Would that team go back to the CEO with a glowing report recommending investment into the sport of SX, based on what they are seeing?

Feld as a company is way more interested in promoting itself and the series, than using the riders to promote the series. That is the fundamental problem. They are also very good at taking sponsorship money brought into the sport by a rider or team, and getting the company to instead invest in the series. Chad Reed for example brought in both Discount Tire and CBD-MD and amazingly both companies ended up sponsoring the series. Same with JGR and Toyota.

Well said
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FerCzD wrote:
To have a peek on next generation sponsors in racing endeavours you can always take a look on F1 or MotoGP. I've notice high end watch...
To have a peek on next generation sponsors in racing endeavours you can always take a look on F1 or MotoGP. I've notice high end watch manufacturers (Hubolt, TAG Heuer, etc) support F1, one can argue that the fan base of this sport is a demographic whom would buy those products, something I find difficult to happen with MX crowd.

But we are a world apart from those series. Just go to their webpage, full list of teams with pictures of their cars/bikes listing the sponsors, specifications of the engine, chasis, riders/drivers

Feld & MX Sports should take a note. This is the presentation card of their business, give the teams some recognition in the official website of the series.


hamncheeze wrote:
This^^ While I will agree that SX/MX does not have the same fan base as F1 or MotoGP in terms of blue collar/white collar, the presentation...
This^^

While I will agree that SX/MX does not have the same fan base as F1 or MotoGP in terms of blue collar/white collar, the presentation of both F1 and MotoGP is way above what we have going in SX. I'll give Pro Motocross a pass here, as it is a national series but if one looks at the SX webpage for riders/teams:

https://www.supercrosslive.com/riders/450sx

What we have here is a poorly laid out page with a mishmash of pictures. Now let's analyze closer:

1. Mike Alessi does not race SX at all. He does not ride for MCR either.
2. Justin Hill is pictued and listed as a JGR/Suzuki rider.
3. Joey Savatgy is still listed as riding for Monster Energy Kawasaki.
4. Alex Ray is listed as racing for HEP.
5. Josh Grant is on there with no team, and has not raced SX since his 2019 fill-in at Yamaha.

I mean, we are a full season or more on from any of the above being correct. That is downright embarrassing and whoever runs the PR/marketing at Feld should probably take a demotion. Imagine a team trying to land a title sponsor that is a national or multinational company, and their marketing team has a look at the series webpage and sees a bunch of irrelevant and incorrect information?? Would that team go back to the CEO with a glowing report recommending investment into the sport of SX, based on what they are seeing?

Feld as a company is way more interested in promoting itself and the series, than using the riders to promote the series. That is the fundamental problem. They are also very good at taking sponsorship money brought into the sport by a rider or team, and getting the company to instead invest in the series. Chad Reed for example brought in both Discount Tire and CBD-MD and amazingly both companies ended up sponsoring the series. Same with JGR and Toyota.

The digital presentation by the motocross industry as a whole is wretched.
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Dirty Points 9/3/2020 10:19am
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FerCzD wrote:
To have a peek on next generation sponsors in racing endeavours you can always take a look on F1 or MotoGP. I've notice high end watch...
To have a peek on next generation sponsors in racing endeavours you can always take a look on F1 or MotoGP. I've notice high end watch manufacturers (Hubolt, TAG Heuer, etc) support F1, one can argue that the fan base of this sport is a demographic whom would buy those products, something I find difficult to happen with MX crowd.

But we are a world apart from those series. Just go to their webpage, full list of teams with pictures of their cars/bikes listing the sponsors, specifications of the engine, chasis, riders/drivers

Feld & MX Sports should take a note. This is the presentation card of their business, give the teams some recognition in the official website of the series.


hamncheeze wrote:
This^^ While I will agree that SX/MX does not have the same fan base as F1 or MotoGP in terms of blue collar/white collar, the presentation...
This^^

While I will agree that SX/MX does not have the same fan base as F1 or MotoGP in terms of blue collar/white collar, the presentation of both F1 and MotoGP is way above what we have going in SX. I'll give Pro Motocross a pass here, as it is a national series but if one looks at the SX webpage for riders/teams:

https://www.supercrosslive.com/riders/450sx

What we have here is a poorly laid out page with a mishmash of pictures. Now let's analyze closer:

1. Mike Alessi does not race SX at all. He does not ride for MCR either.
2. Justin Hill is pictued and listed as a JGR/Suzuki rider.
3. Joey Savatgy is still listed as riding for Monster Energy Kawasaki.
4. Alex Ray is listed as racing for HEP.
5. Josh Grant is on there with no team, and has not raced SX since his 2019 fill-in at Yamaha.

I mean, we are a full season or more on from any of the above being correct. That is downright embarrassing and whoever runs the PR/marketing at Feld should probably take a demotion. Imagine a team trying to land a title sponsor that is a national or multinational company, and their marketing team has a look at the series webpage and sees a bunch of irrelevant and incorrect information?? Would that team go back to the CEO with a glowing report recommending investment into the sport of SX, based on what they are seeing?

Feld as a company is way more interested in promoting itself and the series, than using the riders to promote the series. That is the fundamental problem. They are also very good at taking sponsorship money brought into the sport by a rider or team, and getting the company to instead invest in the series. Chad Reed for example brought in both Discount Tire and CBD-MD and amazingly both companies ended up sponsoring the series. Same with JGR and Toyota.

tuttle425 wrote:
The digital presentation by the motocross industry as a whole is wretched.
To be fair, there are nearly 15 factory riders to keep track of. The number are mind-boggling. I don't know how a billion dollar company could keep up with it.
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olds cool wrote:
What about Milwaukee power tools? They are the right color! Grinning
I love Milwaukee, Our company owns just about every M18 tool they make.

Milwaukee does in fact sponsor Jeffery Herlings.


Here is my whacked out conspiracy theory on Geico Honda, take it or leave it;

One of the owners of the team wants to bring politics into the team with graphics that are very similar to a well known political slogan.

Geico, being smart as they are, doesn't want to offend anyone in these stupid culture wars and lose clients, declines to re- up their deal with the team.

Furthermore, could this be why Ryan Dungey dropped out?

I turn to Motocross as an escape from everything that is going on in our country, I don't want politics even mentioned anywhere near this sport to remind me about the times we live in...
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