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ok,so fox gear co. would not sign stewart if he did sx only. remember those days? l&m made it clear that they do only sx. so,if josh hill is on l&m,is he doing the outdoors? or did fox change there minds about signing a sx only rider.
i dont know, i dont think he's riding outdoors...never heard or read about it
The Shop
also, i may be wrong, but i would think fox has deeper pockets than answer.
Now they have Hill riding for them, I guess they were hoping we all have short term memory.
It's all Business...$$$$$$$$$$$$.
Nothing more, nothing less.
JH75 is not doing the Nationals (maybe some on his own) but will be doing the X Games' SX race.
geeess,war may break out if people started telling the truth in this world.
Maybe they should have not been so quick to start BS-ing Bubba when he said he was going to do Supercross only. I'm sure they're sorry they sucked him over now.
I can remember James not being happy about Fox's PR on the topic of why he left.
Fox gear looks like pastel vomit anyway.
Pit Row
Actually as far as sales, if you have the nationwide dealer numbers, I wouldn't be so sure that Answer didn't start to make the ROI and I wouldn't be so sure that Fox's number are not on the down, surely for different reasons.
If I remember correctly One Ind. had a huge PR and everything about Dungey in the fall well before the season even started....
Because then Stew suddenly got a deal with Answer, and this talk about doing some MX went up in the air. I remember reading a PR (usually BS) letter from Fox where THEY say no to Stew and they said the reason was because his SX only deal, which killed their interest (for that amount of cash).
I have no facts supporting this all shit, but it totally make sense and so far I haven't heard any better story...
Fox have more cash than Stew and will probably contiune doing business after me and Stew is long dead, so they call the shit I assume.
This have been suggested a few times before.
I think L&M think MX sux balls since there's not enough cash, but if the rider is "forced" by other sponsors they give the bloke a ride.
When I started seeing Fox hoodies and T-shirts at Ross department stores (discount chain) for 1/2 of the retail price, I knew the economy was having an effect on everyone, even on an extreme sports outfitter powerhouse like Fox.
The only reason you don't return JBS calls is that you have no intention on re-signing him. Thats the only reason to me that makes any sense at all. If Fox wanted JBS back on the payroll, he would be back on the payroll. Same with Reed and Suzuki and IT9 with Honda.
Cutting costs is cutting costs. ROI with advertising takes a backseat to keeping a company profitable. Retailers know how the economy works. Having JBS as a poster child for 2009 more than likely would not have helped them sell Fox T-shirts at Pac-Sun at the mall. And it would not have helped them sell more gear to us when we were all stretching our pennies for one reason or another.
Look at how many rider/team/sponsor relationships were not resigned in 2009. It was about money. They had no choice in most cases. So no matter how deep Fox's pockets are, as long as I can get a Fox T-shirt for $9.99 (and hoody for $23.99) at Ross any day of the week, I am guessing they will not be paying top dollar for top riders to pitch their goods. I bet if JBS thought he could have gotten more money from Fox, with our without royalties from his own JBS colection, his "new direction" may not have been so new.
Just my thoughts.
Seperate deals for Helmet, Gear, Boots...etc. isn't hurting him one lil' bit.
I'm jus' sayin'...
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