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Seems like we could do better. More off weekends and fix the timing of everything to give the guys an actual offseason. Here’s what I would do, one less SX but fix the scheduling... hear me out. My sample schedule is for the 2019-2020 season.
11/16 - MEC (three weeks before A1. Much better timing in my opinion than mid-October.)
SX CHAMPIONSHIP: 16 Rounds
12/7 - Anaheim 1 (W)
12/14 - San Diego (W)
12/21 - Anaheim 2 *Triple Crown* (W)
12/28 - OFF WEEKEND
1/4 - Oakland (W)
1/11 - Phoenix (W)
1/18 - Dallas (E)
1/25 - Minneapolis (E)
2/1 - Atlanta *Triple Crown* (E)
2/8 - Detroit (E)
2/15 - Indianapolis (E/W Shootout)
2/22 - OFF WEEKEND
2/29 - Houston (W)
3/7 - Daytona (E)
3/14 - Nashville *Triple Crown* (E)
3/21 Seattle (W)
3/28 - Boston/NYC (E)
4/4 - Las Vegas *E/W Shootout*
*Four weeks off before outdoors.
OUTDOORS:
5/2 - Round 1
5/9 - Round 2
5/16 - Round 3
5/23 - OFF WEEKEND
5/30 - Round 4
6/6 - Round 5
6/13 - Round 6
6/20 - OFF WEEKEND
6/27 Round 7
7/4 Round 8 (Red Buddddd!)
7/11 - Round 9
7/18 - OFF WEEKEND
7/25 - Round 10
8/1 - Round 11
8/8 - Round 12
8/15 - MXoN. MXoN is usually at the end of September. That’s not gonna fly anymore. There’s an off-weekend in the GP’s mid August most years. They can fit it in there and then take a week off if they choose. The timing of that race sucks for U.S. guys right now, and the top guys don’t wanna go, so why not fix the rest of our schedule and if the Euro’s can’t be flexible with the date then screw it we stop going.
After MXoN, the guys have 3 months before MEC, and almost 4 months before A1. Plenty of time off and the new schedule includes additional breaks during the season and removes a race. The early start means NFL stadiums will be in use, but they can rely on the baseball stadiums (as they already do) early on in the year. There’s Anaheim twice, SD, Oakland, and they already use Phoenix early on every year so must not be an issue there.
11/16 - MEC (three weeks before A1. Much better timing in my opinion than mid-October.)
SX CHAMPIONSHIP: 16 Rounds
12/7 - Anaheim 1 (W)
12/14 - San Diego (W)
12/21 - Anaheim 2 *Triple Crown* (W)
12/28 - OFF WEEKEND
1/4 - Oakland (W)
1/11 - Phoenix (W)
1/18 - Dallas (E)
1/25 - Minneapolis (E)
2/1 - Atlanta *Triple Crown* (E)
2/8 - Detroit (E)
2/15 - Indianapolis (E/W Shootout)
2/22 - OFF WEEKEND
2/29 - Houston (W)
3/7 - Daytona (E)
3/14 - Nashville *Triple Crown* (E)
3/21 Seattle (W)
3/28 - Boston/NYC (E)
4/4 - Las Vegas *E/W Shootout*
*Four weeks off before outdoors.
OUTDOORS:
5/2 - Round 1
5/9 - Round 2
5/16 - Round 3
5/23 - OFF WEEKEND
5/30 - Round 4
6/6 - Round 5
6/13 - Round 6
6/20 - OFF WEEKEND
6/27 Round 7
7/4 Round 8 (Red Buddddd!)
7/11 - Round 9
7/18 - OFF WEEKEND
7/25 - Round 10
8/1 - Round 11
8/8 - Round 12
8/15 - MXoN. MXoN is usually at the end of September. That’s not gonna fly anymore. There’s an off-weekend in the GP’s mid August most years. They can fit it in there and then take a week off if they choose. The timing of that race sucks for U.S. guys right now, and the top guys don’t wanna go, so why not fix the rest of our schedule and if the Euro’s can’t be flexible with the date then screw it we stop going.
After MXoN, the guys have 3 months before MEC, and almost 4 months before A1. Plenty of time off and the new schedule includes additional breaks during the season and removes a race. The early start means NFL stadiums will be in use, but they can rely on the baseball stadiums (as they already do) early on in the year. There’s Anaheim twice, SD, Oakland, and they already use Phoenix early on every year so must not be an issue there.
Poll
A decent compromise might be having it the first week of September. They start their series 2 weeks earlier, we add two rounds to ours, and it makes a bit more sense for us at that point for us to go.
The Shop
i dont think there is anything wrong with the schedule other then SX being a series at all. I wish there was only moto.
My take on MXDN is, either we can stop going and see what they do about it, or more appropriately we can be better and quit finding excuses to suck. I realize SX is where the US riders make money, but they are all dirt bike racers and they dont forget how to race MX during the winter.
In the modern era, when there are problems you just need to follow the money.
Root cause of problem, MXDN costs the US teams and riders money, rather than makes them money. We can say they need to be patriotic and represent all we want like the old guys did, but lets face it, this isnt 1986 and life is different. I dont think a rider is un-patriotic because he doesnt want to go. I wont go to Europe for a week for free to do my job against a foreigner, I need to be here making money to maintain my lifestyle and future.
If we really want to bring back the trophy, we need to fund the US team. We need to make it a nice payday to go and compete, and even bigger payday to win. Then we need to make the team pit under the same or adjacent tent and act as a unit. The funding effort needs to be enough that they can go and spend a few weeks there, with there families, call it a summer working vacation.
Remove all the perceived as valid excuses, and put some priority on the event and send our best riders and pay them.
Follow the money.
Move the Monster Cup to a different date or get rid of it.
I would guess the Riders would love to Have a some time off in the middle of Summer or im the spring.
If they ran SX/MX interchangeably all year long our riders would be forced to practice 50/50 in both discipline and their MX setups and racecraft would improve IMO.
Pit Row
I would think that there would be a way around that honestly, but maybe not.... i would rather watch paint dry than watch college Football personally!
I am not sure why this would have to affect the M.E. Cup. Rider contracts are usually thru the end of October.
No one grew up watching "On Any Saturday."
Going to be hard without extra drivers.
We dont want to compete with College Football because we will get pre-empted like a mofo.
If the NBC app goes bike and they get enough pay per view subs it might happen, otherwise we would need MavTV to step up and pay the freight to cover the entire event and not pre-empt us.
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