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RedBull Gmbh (promoter) did that when they got the FIA World Rallycross series. There were a few drivers who used to have great vlogs from the races, some awesome photographers... they banned them all. Even some blog posts or youtube uploads from races filmed from the stands.
It almost killed the sport if Im being honest. (not sure more fellas here follow that series)
Photographer and videographers is primarily what the conversation is about. There are only maybe a couple people that go to the races to cover it strictly from writing / podcasts (think Lewis and Steve). Albeit there’s a few that dual role such as myself, LeBig, whoever attends for Swap (Chase or Donn), etc.
We should know more in a few weeks, all of us were spoken to off the back of this video yesterday about it. OEMs are meeting about it this week and some other stuff. I have hope that things will mostly work themselves out.
Hope it doesn't end up happening, but if that's the last SX you get to shoot from the floor, that's a hell of a way to go out!
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To me the only possible way this could be a net positive for FELD in terms of viewership and fan engagement and build a larger fan base is if they have some Ride to Survive series cooking up and they are prepared to invest bigly in it...
This did far more for F1 viewership and fan engagement and building a fan base than any amount of blogs or vlogs or social media shit. Stories are where it's at, and holding back the flock of content makers means fresh stories will be able to be revealed in the show months and months after they happened...
But if Feld doesn't invest in these bigger stories, then gtfo. But then again it seems to be the current US strategy of selling to private equity and they cut cut cut, milk profit and burn functioning businesses to the ground. But based on public releases Feld hasnt been scooped up by private equity so lets hope Ride to Survive is coming.....
if it keeps the stories off the screen so they can focus on the actual racing, instead of telling us over and over how increddddible of a job chad reed the former monster energy supercross champ is doing with the clubmx yamaha team to get these guys into shape and how well theyre riding through adversity then im all for it.
ricky is a 10 when hes talking about roczen and a 3 when hes talking about privateers in the lcq, and he needs to be at about a 7 and a 6 respectively. sports that take themselves seriously do not operate this way. the champions deserve better. the mechanics deserve better. the manufacturers deserve better. there's a sense of neediness in this sport that has to go away. female heirs to circus fortunes and boomer legacy tv executives will never get it. its as good a time as ever for the mfgs to pool their resources, buy out the owners and license holders, hire an agent like mxsports (but fire bondo please) to run it, and go to a streaming service. fuck the credentialism. fuck the ama. fuck bondo. fuck nbc. fuck the felds that just wanna sell slop to people they view as beneath them with zero passion or care for the trajectory of the sport.
they could keep it classy and keep the fantasy and betting shit off the screen as well, that might help. maybe find some advertisers besides sky rizzler and crohns ulcerative hot flash collitis. that would also do wonders.
im sort of over it. would rather watch grassroots shit on youtube at this point than this slop. the drones arent too bad, a decent addition in some cases, but thats the only highlight for me.
if ML512 cant do pit bits anymore, then im really done. like, never opening a blog or forum until the summer starts.
Ride To Survive is not coming. F1 and SX are vastly different in size and always have been.
And always will be
Yes and always will be. Since drive to survive many other sports have tried the similar sort of formatted docu series on Prime and Hulu and other services other than Netflix.
They have not been as big as Drive to survive but maybe they still grew their sports.
Would it not be wise to look to F1 for growth ideas even though we will never be as big? As long as it’s executionally possible…
It did.
For a few years it was huge, had some epic drivers, excellent coverage and was all over social media and the internet in general.
Then they tried to fix something that wasnt broken, and lost huge parts of their audience, and then went down the EV rabbit hole and finally shot itself in the head.
It'd be wise not to model after F1 since they shot themselves in the nutsack with their new rules, and some would say the switch to AppleTV
I will rephrase Adam Silver: "Spectacular NBA Footage on social media posted by fans or websites is free advertising"
Also what is FELD doing with freedom op Press? Is it in the USA possible that they forbid Lewis, LeBig, ... from speaking to the riders on the paddock parking lot? That is outside their "TV Rights deal" if I'm informed correctly.
Can you go into the deep @ML512?
Am I stupid or did I miss where/what are the proposed changes? 5 pages in multiple responses from ML I don't see where the statements from Feld are or what the actual nuts and bolts are here.
It’s because nothing official has happened yet, just talks, and discussions. It sounds like they were told XY and Z would be happening going forward and the industry has expressed their opinions towards feld about it.
Once it because official it will be spelled out but as of now it sounds like it’s just in the open and waiting for the shoe to drop.
Freedom of the press refers to freedom from government coercion/interference. There is officially no "state media", like ITAR/TASS in Russia. If a company rents out a venue to put on an event, they can prohibit anyone they want from accessing controlled areas. (Controlled areas meaning any area you have to pay to access)
@ML512 and other interested parties: FYI, IMSA (think sports cars, Road Atlanta, Mid Ohio, Laguna Seca, etc.) has a fee structure for photographers and videographers.
Our favorite subject expert, ChatGPT, provided this:
The IMSA situation has become a major discussion point in motorsports photography because they now clearly separate:
That distinction is where the fees come in.
For a recognized editorial outlet — magazine, newspaper, motorsports website, wire service — IMSA credentials are generally still free. IMSA explicitly lists “IMSA-Approved Media Outlet ONLY” as “No Agreement required.”
But if you are:
…IMSA treats that as commercial access, and licensing fees apply.
The big numbers people started talking about are real.
For 2025/2026 IMSA documentation, the published rates include:
I don't necessarily have an issue with FELD doing away with the "fan with a camera" people, but if they are blocking major moto media outlets from covering the sport from the floor, I will be completely gutted. I hang on every word of this shit, any little piece of information is interesting to me. Fewer cameras and perspectives would severely limit the amount of content.
You can report on the races all you want from the stands but sounds like they are now trying to limit who gets to cover and shoot the race from the floor and pits which is understandable.
Pit Row
The UFC did this about a decade ago. So many iconic journalist and photographers were instantly out of jobs. Corporate greed
I think the fans with the cameras are some of the best content. I love watching raw footage of the race, the stuff not on TV. I follow HansonMX, Joeman, and a few other channels. I’ve never watch the media’s version of race highlights because they usually come out too late, but they are excellent for interviews.
Gambling money so they want to limit what gets out to the gambling public ???
I would bet Feld will ban everyone, hire a select few people to cover the races, and maybe leave a few slots open for those who want to pay to play.
Truth be known all it would take to ruin feld and this sport would be the energy drink companies pulling all the money they put in ...
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