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I disagree and would go the other way to make for a closer championship battle at the end with less riders mathematically eliminated too early.
semi races made the show drag. the 3 races with 3 races will be a breath of fresh air.
some of you guys would bitch about being hung with a new rope
Still no changes to the ridiculously outdated "Double-Displacement Rule", and I'd like to see Timed Practice go away as well.
Edit: Nevermind, my dumbass misread the new points payout, it's really no different other than awarding points all the way to 22nd.
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The promoter's don't owe TV and track time to slower riders. They have been getting semi's and lcq time for decades and they are still not earning a decent living. Most of these guy's day jobs pay better.
There is also the 250 class to choose.
The different length mains will hopefully bring different results. 7 minutes gives the "local" hot rod a chance to get a holeshot and stay up front before running out of conditioning. 15 minutes is enough time for conditioning to matter, but not so much to get boring.
In the NFL, NBA, MLB, etc. those bodies are essentially the promoters. They collect the TV money and distribute to teams, who use it to pay players. The teams get gate revenue and use some to that to pay players. The players generally get somewhere around 50% of the total combined revenues.
What percentage of Feld's total revenue goes to the purse? (I don't know the answer.) I think about $125,000 goes to the race purse and about $25,000 each race goes to the season-end points fund. So $150,000 per event goes from Feld to the riders. I have no idea what kind of revenue Feld gets per round, but it must be way more than $300k.
Instead, it is just going to put more separation between the top few guys and the rest of the pack. Which I think is already one of the problems with this sport. There are usually only 4 or 5 guys capable of winning a main, and even fewer with a realistic shot at the championship after a few rounds.
I think the amateur thing is too much. All for getting riders more experience, but now it seems like you're forcing the hand with some; ride arenacross consistently. Why not use the extra $ to put their show on and give it back to some of the pro riders? [Insert "B" main idea].
Let those guys ride arenacross and keep that series healthy.
And can you imagine seeing 6 rider 250 teams at Indy and vegas like they are in the outdoors? Will some teams bring 2 trucks?
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Anyway, with last year's format I count 69 minutes of racing, plus 10 laps.
For triple crown it would be 69 minute of racing, plus 8 laps. PLUS 40 minutes of racing for the qualifying rounds.
Also i count 63 minutes plus 6 laps.
As a long time fan, I can tell you I get viewer fatigue watching essentially the same thing 17 weeks in a row. And when I dont watch libe, I usually end up fast forwarding through tbe semis. This seems like a cool way to freshen things up without the artificiality of a points chase.
Looking forward to seeing how this works out!
They haven't announced any of the classes but I can't see them having everyone from the 50cc to the Vet classes since this will be a 1 day format and the crew has to deconstruct the track. The track crew usually begin doing that right after the mains are over since they are pressed for time.
I'm hoping the classes will be Superminis, Schoolboy class on the 125's and the "B" and "A" classes. Any other classes I think would be unnecessary seeing as it looks like their whole plan is to develop the future stars of SX/MX.
Edit: Just saw the post above. 27 classes for a 1 day event I think is a lot but I guess it doesn't matter since they're in a stadium with lights.
Looks like SX will be the main focus for a lot of people going forward. I guess FELD will be adding more and more SX events as the years go by. Sucks!
They went back over the last couple of years at least to figure out a way to tighten it up, and based on 16 and 17 it will. Roczen gains 6 points on Dungey in 16. However I still say there are combos that will work the opposite but I guess they've done enough to know that the majority of the time it will tighten the title race. I still wish they would make a win be more than a 3 point advantage over 2nd if they're going to change the system.
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