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Still sounds to me like the riders/teams/factories have lost the humility to say “you know what we are going to send three riders, three mechanics and a team manager and do the best we can”.
It doesn’t surprise me at all that A1 is larger than MXDN here in the USA. Do you know where MXDN ranks in actual interest level here in the USA. I’d be really interested in both raw numbers for the SX, MX and MXDN in total interest level, (attendees and tv viewing) and then the numbers for likely consumers of bikes, gear, etc. It still amazes me at the lack of industry commitment to MXDN which I suspect is the number 2 event in the USA (probably number 1 in worldwide interest).
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The riders need more incentive to participate, rather than just avoiding getting flamed on social media.
Pay the riders more
OR
Pay the qualifying federations more of the take from the event, and put the money towards growing and revitalizing this dying sport in their respective countries.
Take a look at this results page from this years mudder in Unadilla. The difference was even bigger than in Matterly Basin between the fastest and slowest riders.
http://americanmotocrossresults.com/xml/MX/events/M1750/M1F2RES.pdf
But i responded on this comment: "I love nations, but, the 40th guy on the gate, even in the 'a' class, is really slow!"
I assume he meant the motos.
Why not make a red white and blue colorway in your top product line every year and call it the MX Des Nations line. I think that colorway sells pretty decent anyway so its not too much of a gamble, it could be a limited edition. Then you already have it ready to go come september/october.
Pretty sure , worldwide MXON is much bigger as any SX event ...
Why should we change the core values of the sport to pander to people who only go to one or two supercross races a year, don't ride, spend no money in the industry apart from an SX ticket, beer and hot dog, have no appreciation of the effort, skill and endurance of the riders and no understanding of the history or values of the sport? How do those people benefit anyone except Feld/YS etc?
It makes no sense to undermine the very foundations of the sport to attract people who aren't particularly interested in it anyway.
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As for the other stuff, your initial comment came off a bit douchey IMO so I apologize if I took it the wrong way.
If I'm doing my math correctly, we have around 1.3 million viewers from outside North America in a year period...
I actually went and checked the logs. I was a little high, there was 25% more traffic for A1 this year than MXoN, with last year's A1 traffic being about 28% higher than MXoN.
But, the spread of US vs world wide traffic between those two events is only a 2% difference. At A1 it's around 71% NA to 29% world wide and MXoN is around 69% NA to 31% world wide. In sense of viewers, A1 garnishes more traffic from every country basically than MXoN does for us.
If Mxon was free to air at a better timeslot it would be boosted a fair bit more.
Imagine if Mxon was first up with the best riders fit, great time slot on free to air it would kill it.
Mxon does really well attendance wise considering the lack of creature comforts stadium sports have going for them.
Stupid idea:
What if the des nations went to a production bike rule. Through and through... can only change spring rates and clickers.
A1 Practice Thread - 493 replies, 35701 views
MXoN Sunday Race Thread - 914 replies, 52462 views
MXoN Saturday Thread - 417 replies, 28984 views
TV broadcast contracts have fuck all to do with what the core fans want to see... as David's post about illustrates... double the views. Double.
I.e., for those who have been at a MXoN, and a SX - would you rather spectate (in person) at MXoN or A1?
Nations, no question.
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