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If the girls generated big revenue they would still be around.
SX and MX in the states is propped up by these manufacturers as a marketing vehicle to drive demand generation for the above said equipment. Women represent the largest growth opportunity in this sport category. Invest in making women a target demo by giving them a reason to care, and they will…wait for it…buy the gear they need to go out and ride. Magical. But it doesn’t happen over night. It takes investment and a little marketing savvy, both of which are in short supply in the MX industry. Just look at what ONE Danica Patrick achieved for both the US based 4 wheel series!
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The NBA subsidized the WNBA for many years. And I think they still do, but I could be wrong on that.
Their tv ratings are very small and most teams don't get very big crowds.
Even with the help of the NBA and ESPN, the WNBA is still not very popular.
Local promoters run womens classes, so it's not a problem at the local level. As some have said it's just not a fun watch for many people.
They got the best exposure when held on the same day as the men's national and still....no one cared. If it can't survive that then good luck being a stand alone series. If it was a money maker then someone would fill the void and start their own professional women's series....
This is just my opinion but the 2 day events better served the fans and the tracks. The riders are already there for the weekend anyway.
Watch some of the highlight reels & its actually pretty exciting & was a close battle for the championship.
Then you have Lotte Van Drunnen who was only a second off qualifing for the EMX125 having just moved up from an 85.
If there isnt the market in America then there isnt much you can do about it. Set your sights on being a world champ & come to Europe.
Went from showing up in a pickup truck with your dad to if you dont have a sprintervan or rv or a zuma to ride around in the pits on or a stacyc ($700-900$ investment) for your 2-6 year old your not doing shit with the sport lets face it, and ontop of that teams picking boosting ass familys in order for there teams to keep playing the game cough cough: durgan, the whole thing has changed and who honestly gives a shit when there is tracks putting on races for 20k purse, i can count three of them coming up this weekend and one track isnt even ama.
Female or male a rider or b rider doesnt matter 20k is on the line.
The pro motorcross stuff has became bottom of the barrell for racing, if you disagree ask all the privateers, they make a lousy $600, they would do better at a 20k pro purse race while all the boosters are busy promoting the tv series.
Or maybe ne like the Women's Lingeriea Football League and mandate the dress code.
MX is all about the rider, and much less about the equipment. On average, men are usually physically stronger and have better endurance....especially at professional levels. I am all for having a woman's series, but I do not think it will ever attract enough eye balls to be self sustaining.
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And for those of you stating - just let them try and race the guys - have you watched, golf, tennis and the olympics. They should have a class to ride in and if any can run with the boys - let them.
The sport has done stupid stuff to get girls/women interested in MX - (make up to mud) - but allowing them to race for a chip will get more families involved, sell more bikes, sell more gear and put more money in the sport.
So put them on amature day and let them rip. And the promoters will get a few more bucks as will local tracksl.
More people in the sport is better, Sounds like a win win.
Realistically if you wanted to put a serious effort into achieving this it is going to take 10-15 years and has to start at the grassroots local level. We have one local track that offers a girl's class and it is 9-15. Last race of the season we had 15 girls in the class. At the start of the season I think there were 6-8. To get more girls in the sport I feel you need to start with some dedicated girls classes at the younger level to bring them in and get started. The AMA is not running Girls 9-13 on the national level and only starts at 11. Get them in young and start building a base of girls and new girls in the sport. At the end of the day it just gives us a larger base, new people in the sport, more bike sales and everyone wins.
My daughter races a 65 and is AMA 9. Most races she is lined up with all boys and she has 2-3 other girls that will be there depending on where we are. That can be intimidating trying to come into the sport. She always has a ton of people cheering her on especially when "She's THE girl on the gate" tearing it up with the boys. I've also noticed a different demeanor and attitude when she's on the gate with just girls.
The potential is there but we need to focus on building the base and getting them into the sport!
I actually like watching women's college and WNBA basketball, but I think that is likely because I spent a lot of years traveling with my daughter for her AAU basketball teams. It's different than the men's game, and if you need to be awed by dunks and playing above the rim then it won't be very exciting. But it seems to be a lot more strategic than the men's game and that's something that you develop an appreciation for over time I think.
Same thing with women's soccer and tennis. I would prefer to watch those over the men's game most of the time because the strategies are just different enough to make it more appealing.
For a women's class in MX/SX to succeed, you'd really need to have a pretty decent sized group of women (6-8) who could all win or be within 5-10 seconds of the lead for nearly the whole moto. If you had one woman who was so much faster than the field then it would be too boring and make the others look very bad. The last thing that the women's class should want is someone who is akin to a Jeremy McGrath in his prime type of racer.
If you had close racing, it really wouldn't matter (to me at least) if they are doing the same jumps as the men are. I thoroughly enjoyed, and still would, watching a guy like DeCoster race while never even attempting a triple jump.
I think that the women's classes should try holding their own events, not on a National weekend. Without having the men's classes their to compare it to may be more appealing because you don't have people seeing these insane jumps by the men followed by most of the women's field singling everything. Everything is relative and if the Women's Pro class is the fastest racing of the day, it will seem much more fast and exciting to the spectators.
Once the following grows, then perhaps merge it with some of the 'regular' Nationals.
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