Anstie has a way with words

Spoonguy wrote:

What an incredible insult to the AMA outdoor championship and the FIM world championship. Coombs and Luongo should be embarrassed that placing in a regional series...

What an incredible insult to the AMA outdoor championship and the FIM world championship. Coombs and Luongo should be embarrassed that placing in a regional series supports a rider's career better than racing their "premier" series. If that is the case, he has no genuine incentive to go after Hunter. His incentive is to be 2nd or 3rd, and hope Hunter doesn't get injured and drop out of the championship. If Mad Max somehow gets a championship that is one step closer to the end of the cash cow. The system is wacked when a rider is dumb for moving up to a premier class.

Brent wrote:

This speaks to how outdoor motocross has been poorly marketed and staged for both fans and potential sponsors since the beginning of time. For outdoor MX...

This speaks to how outdoor motocross has been poorly marketed and staged for both fans and potential sponsors since the beginning of time.

For outdoor MX to bring in more money to pay everyone properly, a lot of stuff to be done a lot better.

 --Venues with family friendly areas, like a patch of grass and trees for families with kids to sit and watch the races away from the drunks.  Pala, Hangtown, and other tracks are like moonscape and too harsh to take young kids.

--Live on board video would go a long way to get more eyeballs on the sport. The technology exists for small Live-Feed cameras and transmitters to be fitted up to bikes or helmets like in F1 or MotoGP or Nascar or IndyCar. Who wouldn't want to see a close race between two riders from on board live?

-- These long camera shots from up high on a tower or drone never capture the speed and brutality of motocross from the rider's view. There needs to be some fresh talent and ideas brought to the TV production.  I don't like NASCAR that much, but I watch because of all the creative production values and camera angles and placements they have, it makes it exciting to watch. why can't outdoor motocross try and use some of that creativity? 

 --Why is there hardly any emphasis on what elite athletes Motocross riders are?  Everyone inside this sport knows, but you never hear about the olympic level of fitness the riders possess when watching the broadcast for MXGP or the AMA nationals.   

--While I like big boobs and sexy girls, they DON'T belong on television at the start or finish of the race, it contributes to a cheap, trashy image -  and to be honest the Monster Girls look like strippers.  I'm not going to sit down and watch with my wife and kids if they show a young girl with her Tits out swinging her hips back and forth during the start while holding the 30 second card.   It's time this sport grows up a bit in that respect.  

The guys who run the outdoors really need to expand their target market beyond young guys who ride dirt bikes and drink Monster or Red Bull.  This sport will be in serious trouble if or when the energy drinks pull out of the sport, and there really needs to be more effort put into other outside sponsorship.   

Spoonguy wrote:

I've always thought a race in Texas or somewhere in the East south of Maryland would be obvious. DC always says the southeast is too warm...

I've always thought a race in Texas or somewhere in the East south of Maryland would be obvious. DC always says the southeast is too warm, but then holds two races at Pala one with temps over 100 degrees.

bluesmoke wrote:

Yeah, but it's a dryyy heat..

Yeah, but it's a dryyy heat..

Spoonguy wrote:

What an incredible insult to the AMA outdoor championship and the FIM world championship. Coombs and Luongo should be embarrassed that placing in a regional series...

What an incredible insult to the AMA outdoor championship and the FIM world championship. Coombs and Luongo should be embarrassed that placing in a regional series supports a rider's career better than racing their "premier" series. If that is the case, he has no genuine incentive to go after Hunter. His incentive is to be 2nd or 3rd, and hope Hunter doesn't get injured and drop out of the championship. If Mad Max somehow gets a championship that is one step closer to the end of the cash cow. The system is wacked when a rider is dumb for moving up to a premier class.

plowboy wrote:

I never had time to really get into the weeds with DC about increased attendance and pay outs.  I can say that I don't believe he...

I never had time to really get into the weeds with DC about increased attendance and pay outs.  I can say that I don't believe he is cheating the riders.  Pretty sure he'd be in favor better money if it was available.  He only has control of so much.

Disagree...that's ok.  I've met him and he's been a stand up guy.