Disappointed…in mainstream sports coverage of KR94 inspiring Championship

Might need the mods to delete this thread before Feld and the AMA get a hold of it. If they see we don’t like something they will try to make it happen. 

The length isn't the problem, it's boring to watch qualifying racing for 2 hours. 30+ minutes of that qualifying is LCQ racing with no name privateers no one knows or cares about. A multi moto format is the answer. Whether its a 2 moto or 3 moto per class format it doesn't really matter as either are infinitely better than the current situation.

Yep. The whole night show aside from the mains is super boring. These guys could give two fucks if they get 4th. Every now and then Startercross might give us a battle for the lead but these guys just settle anymore. Changing it to the top 9 per heat didn’t help either. 

If Supercross was on ABC/ESPN, then you would of seen something on their website. But it's exclusively on Peacock, and is a niche sport, so yea, it's not going to be in mainstream sports coverage. 

Careful what you wish for. Nascar became huge in the early 2000s. Ultimately, they turned that sport into a circus trying to hold on to those "casual fans".  Long time fans left the sport in disgust as Nascar came up with gimmick after gimmick trying to appeal to fans that were never truly invested in the sport. Becoming mainstream killed what was once a great series.

Nailed it.

And as far as increasing viewership, you have to increase turnout at local tracks.

The way to do that is fixing amateur racing and fixing the local track designs.

Make the tracks safer , more forgiving, more fun, floaty forgiving ski jumps, fun hip jumps, fun turns, less jumps, less risk, more fun.

Make motos 30 minutes for amateurs and have everyone grouped by speed, cap registration to fit maximum of 7-8 classes of 40 riders each. All grouped by speed so you’ll have 10+ riders your speed to battle with.

Make moto what is always should have been instead of this inbred Loretta’s format where there’s 740 classes and you get 6 minute motos after sitting all day.

If you make the race formats worth your while you’ll have race days sold out ahead of time.

If you make practice tracks fun you’ll actually have people who ride willing to go to tracks again.

I know we all have buddies who “used to ride” and are actually pretty skilled but have zero desire to go to the track now a days. The tracks are too peaky, too unforgiving, too many jumps, 

The supercross influence has wrecked local tracks. Tracks should look like Italian gp tracks. Some singles built into hills, a couple forgiving floaters, and just fun turns to link together and RIDE not pilot your dirtbike.

You know how many more people would ride.

90+% of the turnout is youth, vets, and beginners. And yet tracks are built for what seems Loretta’s level c and above.

Look to an off-road race and see their turnout? I guarantee half of those guys wish they were at a motocross track and are only doing off road because the tracks have gone full inbred between design and then the Loretta’s race day class inbredation.

And then the whole “most people can’t even do 5 laps how will they do 35 minute motos?”

Everyone is full panic mode sprinting for these 4 lap races, that isn’t sustainable. Supposed to pace yourself, measure your energy, plan your bursts, it’s supposed to be an actual athletic and mental event. Not just a hold your breath and pin it. 4 lap races aren’t motocross. It’s a joke and it’s a sin against the sport honestly.

I'm not sure why it is even surprising that this got no coverage, honestly. ESPN doesn't care, that's for sure. They now have NHL rights and an exciting NHL playoff game will end in overtime, it goes to Sports Center and they don't even talk about that. All they care about is NBA, MLB and NFL. So if they give so little effort to a sport that they actually broadcast (NHL,) then I certainly don't expect any coverage about a motorsport that they have no dealings with. And that pretty much goes for any other network. 

I'm in the camp that this sport just isn't really suited to get big/mainstream. I think it probably peaked in 90's/early 00's, on that front. I don't know that it's a bad thing, though. I think it can still be great and grow, and have it's own path.

BILD is germanys largest newspaper

https://m.bild.de/sport/mehr-sport/deutsches-mega-comeback-ken-roczen-schreibt-motorsport-maerchen-in-den-usa-6a01be89cd4a28c4700239fc

Kenny’s story isn’t so much about SX/MX, but triumph over tragedy. Showing pictures of his arm during surgery and how hard it was to overcome that to eventually win a championship is an inspiring news story. 

chalk it up to a variety of factors, but namely: 

Useless "Agent(s)" / Bro Managers, one-dimensional Team Management, & Sponsors / Partners that aren't willing to push the exposure.

How Astephen & Red Bull aren't blasting this everywhere, pushing ad's, buying (because that's what you have to-do) article space on SportsPro, Bleacher Report, ESPN, SBJ, Sportico & so on. Even EJ? like, dude.. I get he isn't / nor never has been a Monster Athlete, but how about an article on Racer? 

You can't really play the "- no one loves Moto" narrative when the people that are supposed to push it simply are not.

He's on people.

Mainstream media is about 10 years behind. 
I finally watched a couple youtube videos on Deegan tonight.  It was entertaining.  Good for Mr Deegan to realize the power of free media back when they ever started doing this. 
Without a doubt they have brought more fans into the sport. 
 

more Deegan fans without a doubt. probably don't move the needle on the overall fan base 🤷‍♂️

He’s definitely brought fans to the sport.