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Lets explain it to you. travis gets his sponsor blocked out and they no longer see the value of sponsoring him. So he gets dropped. With no other sponsors around after a while monster reduces its sponsorship to just the series and the procircuit kawis are gone also.
This has allready happened in nascar,ask robby gordon what happens when you bring in a sponsor that doesnt jive with the series sponsor.
But that's really none of your business and is also irrelevant.
Guy's, I'm not saying anyone here is wrong for not liking it. Hell, I didn't like it.
And yes it's petty.
But you don't have to have an MBA in marketing to realize this is how it works with title sponsors.
Sprint and NASCAR are far more strict about things like this.
But for those who don't follow NASCAR, look at the NFL.
Do you ever see a logo of, or anyone drink, anything besides Gatorade.
Same with Reebok. Even if you wear something made by Under Armour or Nike the logos can't show at all. The NFL set the standard for this stuff.
Frankly, MX and SX are late to the dance on this.
Title sponsors don't just pay big bucks for exposure, they also pay for exclusivity.
Unfortunately, it's the price we pay to grow the sport. Sorry to say, we're all going to have to get used to it.
Rockstar Suzuki?
Red Bull Honda (as of last year)?
L&M San Manuel Red Bull Yamaha?
DNA Shred Stix Yamaha (made by DNA Energy Drink)?
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And, if you think Red Bull would drop TP over that tiny incident you're an idiot!
Do you see those companies logos anywhere else but on team gear and equipment?
Besides, it's not the same as TP trying to pimp their arch rival when he's trying to promote his monster truck and NASCAR career.
Whether you like NASCAR or not, that's where it's headed with title sponsors.
They have all the leverage, it's called money. The life blood of every sport.
I hope by then the sport has grown enough to attract other types of sponsors.
Hey, we have Toyota and Dodge. That's not a bad start.
Who ever said GM (government motors) knows how to run a successful company?
They're not known for making good decisions. lol
I know what you're saying though.
Unfortunately, that kind of thing is the norm now.
the blurred red bul logo on travis today and I see what's going on.
take that back 20 years and go and try to bust your ass to win local races to ride sx and get almost no practice to try and qualify for the big show. if you or a friend ever tried to qualify and saw the shit stacked up against anyone new trying to break in...
monster and red bull are pure poison...yet this sport is broke and primarily relies on poison for the best athletes to get paid... now they blacklist eachother's investments in top level athletes.
without them motocross pretty much fails to exhist and they just showed us how much they really cared for the sport.
as an action sports fan, my heroes risk their lives for a sports drink that is less loyal than the manufature who built the bike...
pretty sick, dude.
still, i refuse to put a bullet in my head because round 3 was a great race!
It's obvious you don't and are just making stuff up and lying. If you had any expierence you'd say who and what to prove your credibility.
Once again sx can't be compared to a big business such as the NFL. It's small potatoes.
business as usual
go to work tomorrow and perform
supercross might make it another 14 rounds
enjoy your water
mexico is too far away to worry about...yeah right
say hello to pedro gonzales for me
walker and bentley live nearby so i know
i do love the booze still
rum and coke keep me afloat
name dropping keeps me afloat
i see tracks flourish based on lorettas qualifyiers
or plummet when they dont get the qualifier
racer productions is like the fox news of our sport
fuck your money...sort of a serj tankian quote i guesss
i love the sport i hate
i hate rules and empowerment by the same institution that tells me i am free
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Agree with most on here. Even my 10 yr old daughter noticed the blur and asked if he had something "X rated" on his hat. LOL Maybe my kid was right. You sure he didn't have one of those stripper silhouettes on his hat with the spread legs? Definitely the perfect accompaniment to his jacket...
"Wow, does travis got some titties on his hat or something?!"
Terry just isn't man enough to know when to concede that his initial thought on the subject was wrong...
We have enough personalities on this board that event he most ludicrous statement will get support from a couple people...
Some of you guys have stated Red Bull would do the same thing and I laugh. Red Bull owns and runs a world Freestyle competition called the X fighters that is broadcast to way more people than any SX is all over europe. It has a lot more media involved and guess what? Sometimes 1/2 the field is wearing Monster helmets and are doing media interviews with Monster hats.
this is a facebook posting from THE media guy at Red Bull
"NOT COOL that not only was Travis Pastrana not allowed to take a lap at Supercross last night because he is a Red Bull athlete, the Red Bull logo on his hat was blurred on the CBS race broadcast today. We would never pull that at one of our events with a competitor's athlete. There needs to be some line of ethics. These sports need everyone's support!!!"
This is a 100% accurate statement.
Riding for Red Bull is a prestigious honor, that is why there is no such things as red bull hats or red bull stickers for the public. It actually means something to have a hat or logo on your body, or airplane or etc ect.
Do you guys realize that the way the brand is, if you represent yourself as a red bull athlete, your stock to other sponsors is much higher? the reason you can''t get hats or decals is because if your not n athlete they don't want you representing to other brands as one.
I know some of you won't see the upside to this type of branding because you would like to have a Red Bull hat or sticker but it has obviously worked well for them....
It's bad for the sport because Monster is sensoring which will POTENTIALLY detur other big companies from coming in to the sport. It was Monster yesterday, but after seeing it, how many other companies are going to TRY and jump on the bandwagon?? It's the old "snowball effect".
Not to mention, when has being greedy ever really been good for anyone??
The AMA is who is to blame for not really having ANY sort of control over ANY of their sports.
Nascar tried to do something similar that ended up in months of courthouse drama that I am sure cost thousands to fight.
When Nascar became the "Sprint" cup, teams that were already sponsored by ther cellular companies (at&t and Cingular etc) were "grandfathered" in for x amount of time. However when that time came up Jeff Burton and RCR was sponsored by AT&T and it became a huge problem.
It went to court and I believe AT&T won but for a while Burton's car could only have the AT&T globe on the hood and not the words AT&T,
I know it was in the media for a long time and both sides sued for millions and an agreement was finally made.
Our sport is too little to have that type of problem, sponsors would just walk instead of spending the type of dough it cost to fight it.
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