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They need to purge all the laptop MBA bean counters from making major marketing decisions. They just don't get it.
Circle driving...…………. Next up on ESPN2 is the world championship of watching paint dry.
I don't understand why there is any surprise that certain companies and industries that are distancing themselves from firearms. They don't care about the minority fan base, and that's us. They care about remaining marketable in the future and continuing to make money. Obviously their liberal antigun fan base is larger than the conservative pro-gun one, and that's what they see as their future market.
These decisions are based on money and future profit, or political leanings, which is also based on money and future profit.
I don't watch NASCAR so I don't care what they do.
I don`t watch NASCAR either, but I do care about what they do in this particular area.
I think it is more to the tune that ESPN - their major TV network and part of Disney - is antigun; so if they want to keep their races broadcasting on that network, they need to toe the line a little bit.Circle driving...…………. Next up on ESPN2 is the world championship of watching paint dry.
I don't understand why there is any surprise that certain companies and industries that are distancing themselves from firearms. They don't care about the minority fan base, and that's us. They care about remaining marketable in the future and continuing to make money. Obviously their liberal antigun fan base is larger than the conservative pro-gun one, and that's what they see as their future market.
These decisions are based on money and future profit, or political leanings, which is also based on money and future profit.
Right, so what I'm saying is that's another example of them looking at their bottom line. These are business decisions.they need to toe the line a little bit.
My post was an attempt at irony; specifically in regards to all those that posted they didn't care what Walmart did since they didn't shop there. I was being intentionally obtuse.
It is absolutely believable that Nascar is trying anything to gain (or keep) whatever viewership they have.
Nascar has had a declining audience for over ten years now.
The car of tomorrow (and it's evolution) was great for driver safety, but has been detrimental to the ratings. Nobody wants horrific, career or life ending crashes to happen. At the same time, that possibility of danger was part of the history of the sport, even before DE. That danger was a draw for some viewers. I'm not asking for that back, but huge crashes at superspeedways is what made them so popular to the masses.
It doesn't help that in 13 years, one team has won seven championships.
They even tried to change the scoring rules so that someone else could win.
They made the car more aero dependent to get away from the terrible "two car bump drafting" style and that has helped the product.
They lost prominent drivers that people wanted to see and now have many drivers without as much personality as the previous generation (with some exceptions.)
For several years, as their ratings and attendance were in free fall, they have been asking what the viewers want. So they ride the wave of a fickle populace.
Nascar hasn't been a regional or southern thing for a few decades now. It is a national corporation and is chooses a course of action based on marketing and polling. They race in California. They race in New York. They race in Chicagoland.
We know the decision will most likely alienate their core, southern audience. However, this is in no way new.
At the end of the day, it is advertising. They get to ultimately choose what represents their brand. However, there are always consequences to actions. We can vote with their dollars, just like anyone else.
I think it is more to the tune that ESPN - their major TV network and part of Disney - is antigun; so if they want to keep their races broadcasting on that network, they need to toe the line a little bit.
You made my wife start laughing when I read that one too her.Been going left ever since they started.
I was a fan in the very early 70's when Richard Petty, Donny Allison, AJ Foyt and others were often winning races by multiple LAPS ahead of the #2 car. The cars in those days were based on the MFR's production cars. I really lost interest when the chassis' became generic and the bodies loosely resembled the production models.Used to be cool to watch when the idea was race on Sunday sell on Monday. Lost interest when the cars they raced could not be bought with a manual transmission, V8 or rear wheel drive, then they fit the body work to the same template. These days they are all the same except for stickers and engines (even they are very close).
I was at a friends house that was a fan a few years ago and watched some of a race. When the leaders had too much lead on the losers, they threw a yellow and called it a “competitive caution” that’s as about as left of an idea as any...
Way more different than where stock car racing originated from.