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Plus Rutledge dug his own grave on the Pulp show not knowing when to STFU.
This along with most of the teams and riders not adding anything by actually letting us in on what changes they are making, how there bike is working, how the rider is feeling. Everything is so shrouded in secrecy for no reason. Like what disadvantage is a rider put at if they actually answer honestly what changes they make to their bike throughout the night? Or if a team admits they are struggling with set up at a certain track etc.
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Same goes for JGR.
Or that Southwick had to pay x amount to hold a national, but couldn't afford to build proper toilet facilities so the ladies had to go in Porto toilets.
Gypsy guy says fuck every other sentence.
Mike spent millions on his kids racing and lost millions at geico and more on alias.
Dungey’s people realized it was a bad business deal and he backed out.
Mike has been thru a lot in terms of addiction and other challenges. Little nutty but when he talks in terms of general business he sounds sharp in that area.
MX sports charges 100k to hold a national
Matthes makes 300k
Looks like it definitely got some attention considering how much people talk down on the podcast haha
Between the Lawrence Brothers on the track and Gypsy Gang on the Media side. The Aussies are definitely getting the exposure. good & bad hahaha Love it
JLaw- “Hold my beer”
There is no real reason to pay people more money to do a job than what they will accept. If people are willing to basically race for free, it ultimately lowers the potential earnings for everyone at that skill level.
Davey is an adult and doesn't care what you write about him on the internet. He, Matthes, and everyone else doing what they do in this sport's journalism are some of the wheels keeping this ship afloat. Quit complaining or do something about it
Grow up
Actually, for 100k, the promoter brings a lot of value and revenues with that, while running a series also involves lots of cost, probably 90% of that. Compare that to the million or so asked to run a GP, people in the US should understand they are lucky. And purse money is still there.
, if that figure is anywhere near correct it’s awesome, Matthes built PulpMX out of nothing but an idea so good on him, Well earned
Also, I'm a Matthes fanboi, if you cannot tell
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Seen “Icarus” on Netflix yet?
https://www.netflix.com/title/80168079?s=i&trkid=13747225&t=wha
Finding elite racers to fill a starting gate is not like staffing your local Chick-fil-A.
As best as I can tell, Chik-fil-A is not able to charge their employees a fee for the pleasure of being able to work there.
Bottom line is that there are enough racers out there that Feld/AMA/FIM are not in a position to need to raise prize money or eliminate entry fees. If the pool of willing talent were to dry up, they’d probably have to consider at least one of those things.
Supply of riders is higher than demand, so their cost remains low. If the supply drops below the demand, then their costs would naturally rise.
Basic macroeconomic concept.
Lance was bribed by USADA to admit to doping on Oprah’s show. They were pissed after 15 years of bullying him he never failed one test. Lance was clean, open your eyes. All his teammates that came out against him were looking for a book deal.
No hate towards DC for the price. He is clearly doing something right, hell if it were me I'd make it $200k
Look at the executive pay scale at Clear Channel.
https://www1.salary.com/CLEAR-CHANNEL-OUTDOOR-HLDGS-Executive-Salaries…
I bet you their job isn't nearly as risky as a racers. Would it be greedy to ask for more?
Apparently we are already watching the caliber of racers who don't earn a salary, aren't we? Isn't that the 'complaint'?
And risk has really no bearing, as there are people who are still willing to PAY to take that risk without much of a guaranteed pay. Farm work is far more physically risky than being an executive at Clear Channel as well, but that isn't reflected in their pay either.
The fact is, the promoters/sanctioning bodies won't pay more unless they feel the need to because they can't fill the gates. No one, especially me, is saying that the riders are being greedy. In fact, I'd say just the opposite. They are willing to help finance the whole thing in order just to be on the stage. Perhaps too many of them are willing to do that, because if the number were too low then the promoters/sanctioning bodies would be forced to up the price that they are willing to pay for talent.
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