<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jumkie @ Jan 12 2009, 10:41 PM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>That article read like one of Lex’s many self-produced, pseudo-insight rants on; ‘ ______________’(insert topic here) explanation or solution to some MotoGP/political issue. This weak article smacks of desperation and clutching at straws for some half-assed quick-fix. The mismanagement and fundamental loss of vision of what the series was suppose to be has compromised it viability. This article seems to reflect the reality that they don’t know what the hell to do to fix it (though, I’m sure the author doesn’t speak for the minds that are Dorna/FIM).
I’ve read better posts on this site than this wannabe industry-insider journalist’s attempt to aspire a well thought out solution to the problem at hand. Everything this clown proposed is equally ill-fated as the mismanagement that these short-term profit businessmen (who have made millions at the expense of taking the series to the brink of extinction) have done to get MotoGP into this mess. Lets not forget, MotoGP has been enormously successful at creating revenue for Dorna (fact jack); the problem is this obscene mount of profit has not translated into a great product for us the spectators NOR the participants.
This happened because the backroom deals were done on the principle of milking & appeasing their cash cow, the darlings of the sport and powerbrokers, rather than working in a timely manner to produce a sustainable product. In parallel, this is exactly what the banks have done to create this economic mess. The banks made obscene amounts of revenue while replacing all of their efforts into ‘marketing’ while NOT tending to sound principles of good banking. Some of you kids here may not remember the days where you walked into a bank and the clerk to the branch manager could give you strait talk on the viability of a loan or investment. They actually checked to see if the loan or investment made sense as a partner in the deal toward mutual success with their clients. In the last decade now, when you walk into a bank, most everybody there doesn’t know .... about the principles of banking, but they have their sales pitch memorized to get you into some bank credit card, bank promotion, a ‘free t-shirt if you sign up for’…ect.; this is because all the emphasis is on ‘marketing’. This paradigm shift has happened in all forms of business; we can see its effect in MotoGP today! I know this isn’t very popular with the fans of the darlings of the sport, but the backroom deals that have happened in the last few years were geared to cater to the cult following and influence by the darlings/power brokers of the sport. The parallel of MotoGP’s situation holds true as in government, which legislated via the influence of strong lobbyists to do their bidding. Just like in MotoGP, all of the rules changes and special treatment has been brokered to this end, despite the ........ reason they feed to the public. Again, just as in government, when they say it’s in the interest of “safety” or “expansion of economy”, when in reality its about the benefit to a small group of businessmen who stand to make a grip of money.
Just look how the tire situation and capacity change unfolded in the last two years. The number one ‘reason/excuse/buzzword’ they fed us was the changes were need/awarded for “safety” and “parity” (in the case of tires). The truth has begun to bubble to the surface with the data that 800s are indeed faster where it’s most ‘unsafe’; in addition, the biggest draw has been restored. However, the discerning spectator can see the truth behind these recent changes. The fact of the matter is that most MotoGP fans and fans of ‘the biggest draw’ are one in the same (I can imagine some backlash from his fans on this one, SBI). The problem is this was unsustainable!
Aiding and abetting, as in the world, has been the media, which were suppose to challenge the prudence of MotoGP’s decisions. They have failed to give paramount audience to those who opposed these rules changes and ‘favoritism’ which have led to its present critical mass. (Perhaps the answer can be found by a glance at the t-shirts in a MotoGP media room).
Notwithstanding, I hope the self-created ‘crisis’ will be a catalyst to return to sound management principles of putting a good sustainable product back into the field. However, if this article is any indication of what they are thinking about, they will further go away form the vision of what prototype racing is about.
Nuts made some interesting points in another thread where he goes on about approx costs and how much money dorna get from tv rights. they litterly kept all the money for themselves and invested .... all back in to keep it sustainable (just like the bankers) except they took what they never had in the first place.
mabe if the series does fold after a couple of seasons due to the depression it will come back after without the greedy spanierds and we may get the lights of kenny back with some true prototypes and good racing.
