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I'm bored at work and thought I'd check out Transworld, no not the tranny site but the mx one... Matthes said....
Call me completely nuts but I don’t think the Glen Helen thing is dead quite yet. Some powerful people behind the scenes are working hard to make sure that the two sides come together. It might be too late for that though.
My inbox and Twitter account (pulpmx) filled up with people asking me what I thought of this deal with Glen Helen and MX Sports falling apart and it was certainly the talk of the pits this weekend with the riders and teams. It does suck that Michael Byrne has to move a wedding and that Ryan Sipes has a house-boat trip planned that weekend (I know, not on the scale of a wedding but still, it’s a drunken house-boat trip! Those are fun.) but the way I look at it is that if anyone out there goes to all 12 nationals, you can see that 11 of them are the same and one is not (isn’t that a Sesame Street rhyme?)
Steve Cox told a good story on the Moto Show yesterday as to the above point as well. It seems that when he owned MXI Magazine, he was able to buy a booth at Glen Helen for the magazine when, at that point only Racer X and Cycle News were allowed to vend at the nationals. Now you can argue the pros and cons of selling exclusive media (or anything for that matter) at a series that needs all the exposure it can get but the point is that there were rules and GH just didn’t care. (This isn’t ‘Nam Walter) That basically sums up Glen Helen national and if I was MX Sports and I had everyone on-board and rowing one way but some jack-ass was in the back and rowing the other way, I’d throw them overboard as well.
Right or wrong, we all have to get on-board with one entity calling the shots and just trust that they know what they’re doing. That’s what I think anyways
That statement makes me like Glen Helen even more.
Sounds like Glen Helen wants to let more media in, while the powers that were and are in charge now, want to exclude...
I also read where he tried to explain himself to Josh Hill. Matthes basically said he makes fun of everyone, including himself. While I do agree he takes shots at himself, I haven't really heard much from him about DC, John Ayres, Reed, Villopoto, and Dungey.
Call me completely nuts but I don’t think the Glen Helen thing is dead quite yet. Some powerful people behind the scenes are working hard to make sure that the two sides come together. It might be too late for that though.
My inbox and Twitter account (pulpmx) filled up with people asking me what I thought of this deal with Glen Helen and MX Sports falling apart and it was certainly the talk of the pits this weekend with the riders and teams. It does suck that Michael Byrne has to move a wedding and that Ryan Sipes has a house-boat trip planned that weekend (I know, not on the scale of a wedding but still, it’s a drunken house-boat trip! Those are fun.) but the way I look at it is that if anyone out there goes to all 12 nationals, you can see that 11 of them are the same and one is not (isn’t that a Sesame Street rhyme?)
Steve Cox told a good story on the Moto Show yesterday as to the above point as well. It seems that when he owned MXI Magazine, he was able to buy a booth at Glen Helen for the magazine when, at that point only Racer X and Cycle News were allowed to vend at the nationals. Now you can argue the pros and cons of selling exclusive media (or anything for that matter) at a series that needs all the exposure it can get but the point is that there were rules and GH just didn’t care. (This isn’t ‘Nam Walter) That basically sums up Glen Helen national and if I was MX Sports and I had everyone on-board and rowing one way but some jack-ass was in the back and rowing the other way, I’d throw them overboard as well.
Right or wrong, we all have to get on-board with one entity calling the shots and just trust that they know what they’re doing. That’s what I think anyways
That statement makes me like Glen Helen even more.
Sounds like Glen Helen wants to let more media in, while the powers that were and are in charge now, want to exclude...
I also read where he tried to explain himself to Josh Hill. Matthes basically said he makes fun of everyone, including himself. While I do agree he takes shots at himself, I haven't really heard much from him about DC, John Ayres, Reed, Villopoto, and Dungey.
It's not about "letting more media in" it's about not being a team player and going against the grain. GH joined the NPG, and within that group there were/are guidelines and rules, if one member chooses to ignore those rules and guidelines, where does that leave the organization and its members?
"You're either with us, or a'gin us"
GH chose quite often it seems to be "a'gin us"
and that is well known
Are you the fucking character judge for all the pro riders?
Matthes writes his opinion why does he need to justify his opinion.
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I see how it was written and I know what he is saying. I'm just thinking the other way on it.
I'm thinking Glen Helen had the right idea though. Mx Sports says all tracks have to have this big bike washing station. Glen Helen does it, no other track did, so then Mx Sports says, you don't have to have it cause no other track did. Remember SlowPro talking about having to move his trailer, cause they needed this bike washing area where his trailer was?
All this exclusiveness (is that even a word) is whats ruining the sport.
Anyway, by the looks of the booths and banners for the last couple years, pretty much everyone has access for commercial promotion.
There's never been an issue of limits on media access editorially as far as I know.
So, you'll have to find another stretch to make to be disgruntled about.
"You're either with us, or you're a'gin us"
Look, I understand that you hate the Glen Helen situation, but you're going to have to study these things more before you start making ludicrous implications like you are now.
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Knowing some of the facts and seeing how things are going today, I still thinks he needs to get both sides of the story if he has a chance to.. The Alessi thing was blown out. There were a bunch of half truths in his Alessi story.
Matthes did say that there are some pretty powerful people still trying to get Glen Helen at least a final race. Yet in another piece he wrote everyone hates Glen Helen. I am reading alot more of him these days because I actually like Transworlds site. He does appear to talk out of both sides of his mouth. Mike is out at KTM and going Blue. Mike burned all his bridges... Jason losing all his sponsors... So far none of those are true.
Pit Row
I'm not making anything up, all I did was post what Matthes wrote, and he made it sound like Glen Helen went behind the promoters back to give MXi a booth at Glen Helen. Maybe I read wrong? I did not know if Glen Helen was a part of the NPG when it first started, or did they join later??
I'm over Glen Helen not having a national, I'm not over the way the whole thing was handled. You gave in depth coverage of a "red arrow" a weekago, and just glossed right over the Glen Helen issue. Your writers are quick to say this and that about a riders contract when "silly season" comes around, but you don't feel the need to to talk about your own contracts??
I'm not disgruntled, I said I was bored at work and came across something Matthes wrote..
Someone got the word of the day toilet paper!
What the fuck man.....
Now I'll be looking out my window all night.
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