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With ath said I couldn't be happier about factories bowing out of racing it's gonna separate the men from the boys i.e. riders that have the drive to win and want to be the best.... not get the best contract. Somewhere somehow some of these stars seem to have lost their way as to why they began racing in the first place....
Dungey will get a good ride no matter where he goes, as for Stroupe and Izzi it will be gut check time. They will have to really claw their way back if they want to get paid.
Brittany
The french rider is the real deal. I think Red Bull Honda will probably sign him for 2010.
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People ask why the gate is not always full, well this explains it !!! I am better off to pay my $60 and race 2 classes at the local track and probably leave at the end of the day with $2-300 in race winnings.
What other pro sports require the athletes to pay to put on the show.....
Brittany
I started laughing when i first thought it said that a license was $3000. But then i re-read it.
Its expensive doing them in a van(done 2, got 2 more to go). Even if one of them is your home track!
The fact that you can buy a bike in a dealership, haul it in a van to the track and compete with world class athletes says a lot. That is what makes MX unique. It takes lots of dollars, but not compared to other motorsports.
And I do sympathize with riders and teams that are strapped for cash. The answer is just sponsors, sponsors, and more sponsors. And that is tough right now.
They will hold up alot of other deals in my opinion.
Would love to see at least one of the on a honda.
I have several views of course..........
The teams side......
riders side.................
fan side!
"Incentive contracts" are the only way to fly!
Most are very very over rated & overpaid, no disrespect, but it's
just business.
Sure the sports dangerous & all that, but again "deliver the goods ",
& get rewarded. Most modern deals are based on fear.
The companies don't want to lose, "name game" wise, but many
"namers" just don't get with the program until it's to late if at all.
Pick your color, any color, there's guys there just not living up to it all.
Sure they go thru the motions, train, practice, diet, yet given the tanks are full
salary wise, they're to careful & to push it, hence the "incentive contract".
A base amount based on it all & the resume he brings, no more no less.
Then you have a "power program" of gains & losses, yes I said losses.
You see, most if not all upper crust programs deliver. Always!
Most riders do not. Again, the losses. It's not just about control, it's about progress!
Some don't need this kind of contract, yet most do.
Bring it, get it........Bring it often, get more & so on.
Cause issues, etc, & you loose.
Again, it's a profession & a business, agents aside, it needs to be treated as such.
No more no less.
Someone mentioned earlier that this guys here & that guys there for more than expected.
That only works for the rider in most cases.
All deals should be performance based.
Multi-year deals can be had, but make them subject to performance.
If the rider delivers, etc., then it flies. If not, then " plan B" of the deal takes effect, but only if the team wants it to.
You gotta have more than the name on your back.
If it all works though, everyone's happier , & the riders even earn more.
Why have a name out of fear of loosing him, especially when the results are hardly there.
Teams need to be smarter.
Riders need to be hungrier.
Everyone wins!
Dave O.
be "performance/incentive" based.
Most now have performance clauses, yet the salaries
that go hand-n-hand are to steep.
Again, no disrespect to ALL riders, but I personally ALWAYS
gave everything of myself to each rider & every program & situation
I've ever been involved in.
I think most can't say that & have it be real.
That's the problem.
Between the teams & the agents the salaries have gotten way out of hand.
That's fact.
Example:
"RV" has delivered big time for his years.
Hence big payday!
Others of name, big names, no way.
We're all waiting for their breakout ride, race, season!
Many slide in there with no fanfare.
That's what you don't want.
Sure it's not bad, but hardly marketable.
& once in a blue moon rides are what they are.
Again, most teams always perform to their max.
Most riders don't.
Nowadays especially in this down turn, gotta put your money
where your mouth is..................
Dave O.
this what the ama is doing with your money
Pit Row
Tons of potential, yet results?
Injuries aside, guys in his neighborhood pull in
huge dollars, huge. If I was upper mgmt. I'd be
saying, "WTF" many times over.
Again, pick your color..................
Injuries, results, whatever, the clocks still ticking.
No time for, "I'm trying to find myself", or "I'm changing my program",
give me a break!
Childish reasoning yet professional plus salaries!
Look at "Pourcel"!
In French or English, that's heart & your monies worth.
I think the days of locking these guys up for yrs. for big money,
& minimal return are through. Champions win or die trying.
If results fade or if your big bike days aren't your "Lites" winnings,
tough break, but salaries need to adjust more often.
It'll be leaner for the agents of such as well.
In the future, your only as good as your last race.
"Podiums" that's what it's about.
Gotta be there, not back there!
Want big doe?
Then find yourself soon.
The crews & teams that remain are waiting!
Dave O.
But proves you have to back up your results. Not miss any mains. One podium and one heat race win doesn't cut it.
Too bad for Josh, as I'm sure he counted on Langston for actual riding help on track; not for poor Grant and all he's been thru; Hepler too. Maybe Hills had too much pressure to perform in MX lacking a full time teammate; carrying the Yamaha Mtr Corp banner loneranger style. With his youth, he may get another chance? Some have gotten more chances than X-lax.
Had a good 4 days. Heard much rumor about who's going where, changes in team names, the performance/incentive ladened contracts with a much smaller than normal yearly base salary than in previous years as Ozzy mentions.
Making everyone but the proven ones work for their dollars(James, RV, Chad) and the very few still having another year on contracts.
Even possibilites of not only SX, but MX only contracts.
Dunno 'bout that one though.
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