Bondo - Weekly Complaint box

5/9/2026 9:11pm

When Ken and Hunter were that close there should have been no option to go split screen. There has been tons of dumb shit this year but this one takes the cake. They were talking all day about this potential battle and as soon as we got it they split to  guys over 10 seconds off the lead. At this point I think he is actively trying to get himself fired. 

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5/9/2026 10:23pm Edited Date/Time 5/9/2026 10:24pm

Honestly this product isn't for me. The championship story is great, but I want to see racing too. They basically followed 5 guys around for both mains. Every other word is "incredible" or some other superlative and they just talk about how good the rider in focus is doing off the back of such and such adversity. Outside of deegan's pussy footing, there's just not much racing on screen. 

 

With feld being feld and Pelletier being pelletier, I think I'm tuning out next year unless deegan makes it interesting in a WWE sort of way. Gonna watch wsbk or imsa or something instead. 

 

Kudos to KR tho, so well deserved. 

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5/9/2026 11:58pm
TheMilkman wrote:
When Ken and Hunter were that close there should have been no option to go split screen. There has been tons of dumb shit this year...

When Ken and Hunter were that close there should have been no option to go split screen. There has been tons of dumb shit this year but this one takes the cake. They were talking all day about this potential battle and as soon as we got it they split to  guys over 10 seconds off the lead. At this point I think he is actively trying to get himself fired. 

If it was still sponsored like it used to be (Thor Battle Box), I could see why they’d run it. But if no one is paying for it, why the hell do we need to see a battle for 6th/7th while the two dudes going for the championship are running 1-2 and less than a second apart? 

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5/10/2026 12:38pm

With like 5 mins to go, they were so close zoomed in on Kenny you couldn’t see anyone behind him and that’s as the whole pack was closing on Kenny and massive battle heading his way.


But they just kept it zoomed close and talked about Kenny lmao meanwhile hornets nest heading his way.

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5/12/2026 6:36am

There was a serious race going on for the CHAMPIONSHIP with Kenny and Lawrence and we have to share the screen with, Seventh Place. 

NO ONE GIVES A SHIT about seventh place today. Championship. End of Series. Winner Take all. 

Who the hell makes these decisions. Read the damn room. Its like the guys that film the races Each week, has no idea what is going on. 

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5/13/2026 1:05am

Props to DB calling this bullshit out. 

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5/13/2026 5:18am

I'm a guy who NEVER complains about the broadcast. I'm from the old days when we'd have to call a 900-number the morning after a race to get the results. or worse, wait until the weekly Cycle News hit my mailbox. but...

...how a bunch of people can sit in a production meeting and decide that--in the midst of one of the best points battle in recent SX history, with it all on the line--that people actually give a shit about who's in 6th place. Who said "hey, instead of focusing all our coverage on the race for the championship, let's do a split screen an take that focus away so we can so the battle for 6th?" 

I really would like to know what was inside the minds of the producers who thought this was a good idea. I try to defend them most of the time, but it's getting more difficult. 

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5/13/2026 7:05am
DoctorJD wrote:
I'm a guy who NEVER complains about the broadcast. I'm from the old days when we'd have to call a 900-number the morning after a race...

I'm a guy who NEVER complains about the broadcast. I'm from the old days when we'd have to call a 900-number the morning after a race to get the results. or worse, wait until the weekly Cycle News hit my mailbox. but...

...how a bunch of people can sit in a production meeting and decide that--in the midst of one of the best points battle in recent SX history, with it all on the line--that people actually give a shit about who's in 6th place. Who said "hey, instead of focusing all our coverage on the race for the championship, let's do a split screen an take that focus away so we can so the battle for 6th?" 

I really would like to know what was inside the minds of the producers who thought this was a good idea. I try to defend them most of the time, but it's getting more difficult. 

Thanks.

Covers it -exactly- from where I’m at. 

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5/13/2026 7:35am

And WTF  were they doing having ANYTHING to do with Jett during the broadcast.  He isnt even racing. 

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5/13/2026 12:26pm
DoctorJD wrote:
I'm a guy who NEVER complains about the broadcast. I'm from the old days when we'd have to call a 900-number the morning after a race...

I'm a guy who NEVER complains about the broadcast. I'm from the old days when we'd have to call a 900-number the morning after a race to get the results. or worse, wait until the weekly Cycle News hit my mailbox. but...

...how a bunch of people can sit in a production meeting and decide that--in the midst of one of the best points battle in recent SX history, with it all on the line--that people actually give a shit about who's in 6th place. Who said "hey, instead of focusing all our coverage on the race for the championship, let's do a split screen an take that focus away so we can so the battle for 6th?" 

I really would like to know what was inside the minds of the producers who thought this was a good idea. I try to defend them most of the time, but it's getting more difficult. 

TeamGreen wrote:

Thanks.

Covers it -exactly- from where I’m at. 

Not enough clouds down there in socal for you to yell at? 

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