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Perhaps you'd be better off with competitive basket weaving? Curling isn't very well known either outside of Canada.
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Like being on wide world of sports?
Like being on Leno and letterman?
How many actual listeners does Rogan have?
How many people are like me and when they hear "Joe Rogan" they think, "oh, the guy that was on newsradio with Phil Hartman and Andy dick"
Sorry, not trying to hold the sport back or tell the new kid to get off the country club lawn.
I just don't think that having anybody from the sport on jre is going to be the "on any sunday" of the new millenium.
Sure, we can put a guy who rides dirt bikes in front of millions for 5 minutes on Leno, but does that really sell anybody on the sport? They treat it like a circus act. There is no depth. There is no authenticity. There is no story or connection.
Rogan’s audience is engaged. They are open minded and willing to try new things. The long form conversation helps the audience connect and helps the guest really dive deep.
I think he’s big enough that it’s fair to say “POSSIBLY the biggest”.
I 100% believe having a moto guy on his show would be good for the sport. The fact that there are guys out there who are fast enough to make mains and are LOSING money racing is sickening and I don't think any real fan or rider would argue that.
Another point about the late show stuff is what demographic of people watch the late show nowadays? If someone is going to watch Jimmy Fallon b/c Miley Cyrus is a guest then I doubt they're going to be the type of person who would be interested in motocross. The demographic that follows JRE would be way more likely to take an interest in the sport.
At the rate the sport is going, there are going to be fewer and fewer middle class families that are going to be willing to support their kids dream of trying to make it as a pro rider or want to even get their kid into the sport period. As it stands now, if you're not breaking into the pro scene at 16 or 17 years of age then you're probably not going to make it. At that young age, a future NFL pro who will go on to make millions of dollars is out with friends being a 16 year old kid playing high school football. It's fucked up. The only thing you should be a professional at at 16 is jerking off.
There is a reason some recurring guests get 3-4 million watches and the same amount on podcast listens. Because they have something to talk about. They arent afraid to piss people off. They don't care what others think. And they don't care who gets butthurt by their comments.
Convo would last maybe 15 minutes. If that even.
The world doesn't care about the normal shit. They want to hear the underground, stuff that's not talked about.
For example, when the Bad Boy Gangster from the mean streets of West Linn Oregon is on. Many millions of Views and that many more podcast downloads.
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