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I’m not sure what you are debating tbh. I honestly can’t tell. Do you think teams paid the promoters to be one of the ten teams or not? I think the promoters paid the teams to race the series. Earlier posters were saying the teams paid the promoters to be a part of the series. It seems like you are agreeing with me.
Infront is in to make money, not lose boatloads of it at every single race.
"How would it make sense to say pay me a million for startup..."
I'm saying that's not what happened.
Paying the teams for expenses and attending/performing at races was the model that I understood...and most of that was after the fact.
So, yes, I think we agree on the basics...but, I don't recall Adam ever offering-up "start up" money🤣
Wonder how many teams and riders did not paid.........
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Can you explain how you think FIM specifically made money from MXoN 🤦
That appears to be the goal and a challenge. Maybe it's recency bias but Viale/Prado/Coenen/Davies and many others I'm too lazy to type seem to want to come to the US no matter what - more than ever. US Supercross for all it's faults appears to be the holy grail for worldwide moto.
Stoking the WSX fire with premium paid appearances by Kenny/Eli/Deegan only works if it attracts continued good riders and fans.
I do miss the Lacky/Guerra/LaPorte/Moore/Healey/Liles/Trampas Parker/Donny Schmit days of Americans going to Europe for a season or more.
That’s what I’m saying too. I’m saying that didn’t happen. The guy said the teams paid wsx start up money(for lack of a better phrase) In that quote I was saying why would wsx tell the teams to pay start up money and then turn around and offer the confirmed money for transportation,salary, exc.
What a fiasco, what a shame. When this deal started I had high hopes, a low stress off season indoor race series with international venues, like the old TransAm almost, but indoors. Maybe toned down for a couple rounds to get MXGP riders interested. I wonder why the organizers can not just align existing off season supercrosses to make a championship? At least start that way? Shame.
There is a lot of big bull shitter businessmen in motocross it seems.
Yep, I am definitely going to the Auckland round now as its going to be spicy.
A lawsuit is one thing.
Winning is another thing.
Collecting is another, another thing...amongst I'm sure, other things.
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Lewis… are you able to say now who the potential investor was that had you so excited about the future of WSX?
Wait, so you think they were just giving out the team licenses for free? Just any team that wanted a Crack at it?
They created 10 licenses for exclusivity. Team buys a license, they have guaranteed spots. Then they have the option to sell the license, hence the 'investment'.
https://worldsupercrosschampionship.com/sx-global-unveils-plans-for-fim…
Saw the handwriting on the wall.
There you go
They're active everywhere, they just get dunked on harder in arenas where it's almost impossible to make money IE moto/motorsports in general
My wife asked me last night why we didn't have tickets to the GC round, I sighted this very concern. Glad I kept my money in my pocket, sad to see some of you have been ripped off. Hopefully AUS championship can grab some of the WSX industry investment & riders or AME can jump in and buy the series for pennies on the dollar.
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Will he get a bonus from Yamaha?
So did LIV golf. Evidently you need trustworthy business partners...
I don't think it has been asked yet, but assuming they will be refunding those of us who purchased the streaming package for this series?
Where does it say they purchased them? You are making an assumption. I think they reviewed the applicants and provided the top 10 applicants a spot. That’s an assumption by me just as them having to pay is an assumption by you. Maybe they did pay I just haven’t seen anything that’s explicitly said so nor has anyone provided anything that does.
I can't imagine how much planning, money and effort it goes into planning these races. But im often amazed how little insight goes into the thought process. The lack of top level riders in this series plus the travel made it impossible to succeed.. The same with arenacross and how Mike Kidd started the series in Texas only and grew it into something bigger. Yet it's current status has believing it will soon be gone as well.
Generally not what happens when a company goes outta business 😂
They won’t get any ama supercross riders if infront the promoters of mxgp take over because they refuse to pay any start or purse money to riders in mxgp so I can’t see any ama sx riders wanting to do that . Only reason Webb, Roczen , Tomac and Deegan raced a wsx race was because they (WSX) paid each of them over a million I heard per race . Infront won’t pay a dime to any rider if they took over .
Only way get your money back from a company that goes bankrupt is put a lien on them and take them to court . But all the bigger company’s that are owed money get any if any left befor the little guy . You won’t be seeing a refund sorry but that’s the world we live in
First perfect season in SX?!
If what they are claiming is true, it would seem obvious that the teams purchased their licenses, sort of like the NASCAR charters. Probably for pennies on the dollar compared to NASCAR, of course, but when they say that the teams stake can grow in value, it certainly implies that they would own something of value (making their initial license an ‘investment’ of sorts).
I don’t think that the cover charge was $1M or more, but stranger things have happened!
I knew he could did it.
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