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I saw a diagram, of the faces of sports across the board (Current faces of the sports).
examples.
Golf: Tiger woods
NFL: Patrick Mahomes II
F1: Lewis Hamilton
NBA: Lebron James
UFC: Mcgregor
NHL: Crosby/ Mcdavid aka McJesus (In canada lol)
MLB: Mike Trout
Moto GP: Valetino Rossi maybe (Marc Marquez in some circles)
So it got me wondering, Who has the got damn torch for our sport SX/MX??
The 4 who had it are pretty much gone: MC/ RC/ CR/ JS
The person on the verge of taking that helm in my opinion was Ken Roczen, Before his arm injury.
The sport tried to push Jason Anderson into being the face of the sport, but he seemingly didnt like the attention.
Which kid will be able to bridge that Gap and get it on the verge of the mainstream?
examples.
Golf: Tiger woods
NFL: Patrick Mahomes II
F1: Lewis Hamilton
NBA: Lebron James
UFC: Mcgregor
NHL: Crosby/ Mcdavid aka McJesus (In canada lol)
MLB: Mike Trout
Moto GP: Valetino Rossi maybe (Marc Marquez in some circles)
So it got me wondering, Who has the got damn torch for our sport SX/MX??
The 4 who had it are pretty much gone: MC/ RC/ CR/ JS
The person on the verge of taking that helm in my opinion was Ken Roczen, Before his arm injury.
The sport tried to push Jason Anderson into being the face of the sport, but he seemingly didnt like the attention.
Which kid will be able to bridge that Gap and get it on the verge of the mainstream?
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This person would also have to somewhat dominate for the next 5 years too. That's the hard part.
The sport would benefit from a rider like McGrath again that has a larger than life personality and was built to not only win but entertain. That era was when the stadiums were full, new money was coming in from the outside and a lot of fans became interested after being exposed to the sport. Same with Pastrana, early James Stewart, etc.
At some point some riders should recognize the correlation between being entertaining and sponsorship $$.
I dunno- Jeremy? RC? Malcolm Smith? McQueen's Sports Illustrated shot? A random mud covered, smiling face in a helmet?
Not sure that makes him the face of a sport though.
"It's still Dungey"... lmao, that has to be a joke right? Outside of some brief comeback rumours who is talking about Dungey? Even when he was dominating the sport he wasn't as popular as Ken.
But like jesse318pnw said: someone should recognize the correlation between being entertaining and sponsorship $$.
Personality of the Sport: Wilson
Pit Row
1.1 m followers and counting..... wish it were a racer but culture loves this and wheelie kids.
Supercross is literally run by a former circus owner who treats racers like poorly paid help instead of world class athletes. Motocross is run by a loose knit group of local track owners and a motocross magazine editor.
This is a fringe "sport" to begin with, and the people in charge of promoting it don't have enough skills.
The athletes are no better, most being home schooled kids who can't do anything in front of a camera except "can't thank" their sponsors. Only Adam Cianciarulo or Ken Roczen stand out as riders who are articulate and confident enough to hold their own for television interviews.
It's ironic, the greatest athletes in the world in a sport that has no interest or ability in showing America how incredibly fit and talented these riders are. Even skiing does a better job at promoting their athletes than motocross does.
There is no push by the stakeholders to expand this sport past its base of young energy drink consumers.
Social media trends die, record books don’t.
Joe Public might not be able to name a single current racer, but most will still be able to associate Pastrana with motorcycles and racing
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