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Who are the individuals/companies giving this clown a platform. He brings zero to the table and is a misrepresentation of the sport. He sits in his little closet and doesn’t leave. Doesn’t attend races, isn’t at the test tracks and doesn’t even talk to the athletes. He’s no different than an arm chair quarterback. Maybe worse, at least the arm chair quarterbacks competed at some point back in the day.
It’s just weird to me. Why do people value his opinion?
Plus, anyone getting slammed on vital gets the benefit of the doubt from me
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How does he bring zero value? He brings tons of pros on his podcast and gets amazing content for us to enjoy. Then there’s you... just a miserable guy behind a keyboard.
I asked why companies are giving him air time on other formats? Why are clips being used from his show to breakdown a race or rider? He is NOT at the races. Pointless.
Companies support matthes and ping because of their audiences.
Everyone’s tastes are different, why you getting your ass in your hand because you’re not into gypsy tales? There’s plenty who are
Anyway, we by and large of no media platform to speak of. We would KILL to have podcasts and shows pop up like Gypsy Tales from genuine fans. They are a symptom of a sports success and help breed interest. Without them you really have no spectator sport to speak of. 99.99999999% of people who watch supercross and sports in general are armchair quarterbacks. It's the debate and discussion that FUELS interest. If we said "only pro level SX riders can have an opinion and run media entities" well good luck that coz you've just killed your sport.
Honestly, the amount of moaning on here about this and that, you have NO idea how good you've got it. You really don't. Like I said, come to karting for a year and then you'll appreciate what you have.
On a practical note, of course the guy can't go to races he lives in Australia.... and there's this thing going around called Covid that has completely destroyed international travel. You NEED people with passion talking about your sport that new people can engage with. Joe Rogan is a comedian who has never stepped in an Octagon in his life to compete in the UFC, but has been a large part of driving the sport's success.
Also why do you have to be at the races to talk about them? That would mean 90% of vital shouldn’t talk about them.
Imagine bitching about a show/podcast you weren’t even at when it was being recorded, or worse you didn’t even listen to the recording of.... pot kettle black
Pit Row
Motocross Action Magazine
Suzuki
Now Gypsy Tales.
Let's take it somewhere else. F1. Formula 1 has 20 drivers per year that do it. With dirt bikes ANYONE can go buy a bike. So only 20 humans per year get to experience an F1 car. That means 99.9999999999999% of podcast content, by default, is created by people who have never sat in one, let alone raced one.
So you're setting this impossible standard and show no understanding of the medium.
I notice how you ignored every other point I made.
podcasts like Gypsy Tales, no matter what you feel about who presents, are a vital tool to building a sport's popularity. I can't stress this enough. Unless you want to be like karting where I don't think we've don't have fans.... literally none.
My point is, why is his stuff being used on other platforms. There are several other shows, reporters, experts that go to the races, work in the industry and make an effort to offer insight. Using Gypsy's stuff is no different than pulling quotes from Vital. Credibility is lost if his crap pops up on other platforms/shows.
Our sport cant live with only diehards, our sports will slowly die. Jase is doing a great service to actually bring in new fans.
Also Hunter Lawrence called into to Supercross companion and he is about to do a podcast with another factory rider...seems like he has some credibility, no?
Also, we use him for Moto Spy because of his opinions ( we aren't breaking news there) we are driving the best stories we can find and getting different takes. Also his audience is quite big and he is from another country, if you have any Supercross podcasts from other countries, please let us know.. cant have all Yanks.
What credibility loss are you talking about?
Supercross is probably the most credible forms of motorsport on the planet. Freakishly meritocratic from a rider performance point of view. Extremely dangerous. compare to F1 where dads literally buy teams for their kids.
Honestly, the negativity bias is just overwhelming. You have a sport that is popular enough to run in stadiums. Your top riders are well remunerated. You have a thriving community of fans and riders.
Like I said, spend 5 minutes i n he karting realm and you'll change your mind instantly.
There are plenty of other options Out there so I don’t see The problem.
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