Supercross needs a presentation change

I’ve felt like it has for years, watching the MEC last night I was just reminded of it. In season you can expect the same formula in the broadcast every night, royalty free music over a default video editing intro, qualifying, “Science of Supercross” which pretty much explains common sense to you, qualifying, Twitter pictures, racing for points, done. They struggle with what to put in the filler time I reckon and I realise they’re trying to expand the audience but maybe the simplistic presentation isn’t the way to go about it, after tuning into my first F1 race and hearing about Kers and DRS I wanted to look into it and understand it rather than have it explained in child’s terms.

The way SX is being presented makes it look like the sport lacks content and is just another Monster Jam or something. I don’t understand how the whole industry is making these huge technological strides with such advanced machines and such just to have them presented as “Motorbike goes fast”. They have all the time in the world to go in depth with the physical demands, developing stories, new tech etc but they choose not to and you can tell Ralph and Jeff are scared shitless to say anything slightly unbiased. A logo change would be cool and surely they could get away with cutting back on the amount of green M’s a bit, also who’s idea was it to have the riders stand in a room with glittery curtains hanging everywhere. There’s a lot to this sport but you wouldn’t think so being a casual viewer tuning in for the first time.