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ROI on a rider in the back of the pack is non existent.....It is a shame, but it is true. A simple local radio ad is a better investment than putting your dealers name on the side of a privateers bike for one night.
I have nothing against Breece. I just hate it when people ask for handouts so they can follow a "dream". Dreams are not built on freebies.... And if you think they are, you're being quite selfish. i also hate when people say it takes courage to ask for free money...No it doesn't, thousands of people do it on GoFundMe every day....
is weather or not he should quit because He can't afford to race.
He's either 100% in or He should be out, Help if you want and can do so.
Otherwise STFU, It's not like these guy's are so dumb they don't know what their options are.
The Shop
Is he going to provide value to the people he is taking the money off. HEP will let him put the new sponsors logos on their bike or gear? Anything like that, or is he just going to take the money and spend it to fund this years racing?
In term of ROI i disagree, radio and racing are not for the same audience.
If more local dealers were involved just for "their" race (i.e. around glendale), with let us say a 7k event (5k for the rider(s)/2k to organize), they would actually get a really big ROI by inviting all their customers + the local mx club on Thurday or Friday evening to meet the rider(s) (like the factory teams do, so it would be better at a different time). Yes it take a bit of time to send emails, make a little facebook picture and create an event, possibly call a hundred customers, but people are not crazy, they will consider much more the shop and so more will consider buying their new bike there, maintaining it and supporting the shop by buying some parts and their oil.
Let then the rider(s) sell a few vip pass to the customer base as well, and the rider(s) could actually almost double their annual income if they manage to do that for all the rounds.
1.) Expenses
There are some expenses regarding logistics, medics, camera crew, track labour, etc. it is a certain amount of cashola that can fluctuate a bit but you can estimate it quite good i imagine (you also have numbers from previous years).
2.) Income is not profit
Income will vary quite a bit i imagine depending on weather, location, is title hunt still open, etc. But you still have a fixed ammount of money from the main sponsors (i imagine also TV is paying for their rights to broadcast that) which could be nice cushion to have.
3.) Risk
As always there is certain risk to be involved. And at all causes you should be insured and not rely on cummulative profit to sooth the burns.
4.) Profit distribution
Well now guys is the time you pick up torches and call me filthy commie and screach.
If you have a company and it is making profit there is a gist that you give something from it to the "emloyees" in a some sort of a wage (i know, wild concept but try to follow). If you spent a single digit percentage of your profit on your "employees" i reckon there is something wrong.
Not speaking about the fact that 22 employees are bringing you most of your income regularly yet 7 of those 22 are in a position when they can barely make the ends meet. You can frick those 7 malnourished people wayyy off and take new ones... everything is fine except you have shrinken your talent pool and you will shrink it more and more and more year after year because you are not distributing your profit fairly.
After a certain period of time there is a tipping point and people start to call your show (S)MX2 because the field is not deep.
Thank you for comming to my TED Talk.
I usually don’t post on this site because a good majority of the people writing posts are so out of touch but I had to show Breece my support. He isn’t begging on the streets for money he is asking for support from people who enjoy watching him line up and put on a show for us. I would love for the privateers to show up on Saturday run practice and all not show up to the gate for heat races. Let feld, ama, and nbc have fun explaining why there is 10 people in on the gate. It’s absolutely ridiculous for a guy who got 11th place to not get a paycheck worth enough for him to show up and put on a show for us the next weekend.
Breece I am a fan and a supporter. I enjoy the show you put on and hope through some contributions you can continue clicking off results!
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Tell me where he eats?
Wonder if he ever does starbucks?
There are all kinds of ways to cut expenses by making little or no sacrifices.
Anybody that has ever bootstrapped a business knows what I am talking about.
It is all about wants vs needs, and while it is nice to play up the struggling privateer if there is a chance that he is rolling around in a late model truck with after market wheels and a couple thousand in bling, then I would not be interested.
That demonstrates a lack of focus to me.
A lot of these guys need to Google the latte factor.
"Breece Shouldn’t have to be turning down a Starbucks because he is afraid that will cost him 2 laps of race fuel. "
And then say
"Imagine if all us die hard fans sent him 5$? That’s us skipping Starbucks one day so he can complete the season comfortably not stressing for enough
money to survive while racing at the highest level."
First off, I don't know that much about Breece. I was merely asking some questions because there seem to be an ever increasing number of people that think they deserve stuff without earning it.
Don't know if that is the case with Breece or not, but all one has to do is look at go fund me and search motocross and there will be an abundance of people, some that you will probably know, that are "chasing a dream".
Sometimes if you want to chase a dream, you have to do a little running.
Maybe I am a little older than some here and have chased a dream, caught it, and then lost it and because of that look at things a bit differently.
I just find it a bit absurd that you seem to think it is OK to ask people to sacrifice to help you if you aren't making some pretty big sacrifices yourself.
And again, I am not saying that is the case with Breece, just talking about what you have said.
Thats the reason why he isn't providing a ROI, he is relying solely on his results. He doesnt have the luxury of being able to sit back and say look at the scoreboard the way the top dogs do. He has to provide something else to get the money otherwise he'll be begging on facebook every year whilst trying to chase his dream
Good on you for giving him money, that's your prerogative. Are you going to give it to him again next year? What about the other privateers who are actually paying for their bikes? Are you going to give them money just because they asked, i mean they're the show as well right?
Pit Row
Results show he finished dead last though. Behind both of his team mates and a couple of other privateers who haven't asked anybody for money yet. At least he got his purse money though.
Do you mean get him a factory ride? Who are you sacking for that?
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