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NASCAR's Amazing Screwup
Posted on 6/11/20 at 7:42 am
Posted on 6/11/20 at 7:42 am
At some point college business courses need to use NASCAR as an example of how to destroy a business.
The downfall of NASCAR from a National Sport that was close to rivaling the NFL in popularity to essentially nothing is pretty amazing.
With the Coronavirus NASCAR was given an amazing opportunity to resurrect itself. NASCAR was the first "semi-major" sport back doing live events during a time when sports fans are starved for any type of content. NASCAR had the sports world to itself and you had people staying at home more with no sports to watch. Never mind you had fans straying away from the NFL due to all the politics that have infiltrated the league. NASCAR could've picked up some of those fans just by staying non-political.
So what does NASCAR do? They go political and go down the same path as the NFL.
Back in the day I was a NASCAR fan. I was a big fan of Bobby Labonte and later Tony Stewart. Even in Stewart's later years I didn't follow NASCAR nearly as much and once Smoke retired I essentially retired.
With the NFL sucking the life out of my fandom with the politics I was one of those who started watching NASCAR again. I decided to give it another chance when it resumed. Part of me had even thought about trying to seriously get back into NASCAR again. Any chance of that is gone now, they are as dead to me as the NFL and the Saints.
So once again NASCAR screws up a golden opportunity. I don't know any other organization that has screwed up as much as NASCAR has. NASCAR is never going to get the LGBT, Hollywood or even Millennial/Gen Z crowd. All they did was just turn away the few diehard and potential fans they had left. Good job NASCAR.
The downfall of NASCAR from a National Sport that was close to rivaling the NFL in popularity to essentially nothing is pretty amazing.
With the Coronavirus NASCAR was given an amazing opportunity to resurrect itself. NASCAR was the first "semi-major" sport back doing live events during a time when sports fans are starved for any type of content. NASCAR had the sports world to itself and you had people staying at home more with no sports to watch. Never mind you had fans straying away from the NFL due to all the politics that have infiltrated the league. NASCAR could've picked up some of those fans just by staying non-political.
So what does NASCAR do? They go political and go down the same path as the NFL.
Back in the day I was a NASCAR fan. I was a big fan of Bobby Labonte and later Tony Stewart. Even in Stewart's later years I didn't follow NASCAR nearly as much and once Smoke retired I essentially retired.
With the NFL sucking the life out of my fandom with the politics I was one of those who started watching NASCAR again. I decided to give it another chance when it resumed. Part of me had even thought about trying to seriously get back into NASCAR again. Any chance of that is gone now, they are as dead to me as the NFL and the Saints.
So once again NASCAR screws up a golden opportunity. I don't know any other organization that has screwed up as much as NASCAR has. NASCAR is never going to get the LGBT, Hollywood or even Millennial/Gen Z crowd. All they did was just turn away the few diehard and potential fans they had left. Good job NASCAR.
This post was edited on 6/11/20 at 7:51 am
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Posted on 6/11/20 at 7:43 am to TheSaintsMan
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NASCAR from a National Sport that was close to rivaling the NFL in popularity
Posted on 6/11/20 at 7:53 am to TheSaintsMan
If this is the hill you’re gonna die on, you need to re-evaluate what’s important in your life.
My point exactly. And they taught run-on sentences in 4th grade.
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Any chance of that is gone now, they are as dead to me as the NFL and the Saints
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TheSaintsMan
My point exactly. And they taught run-on sentences in 4th grade.
Posted on 6/11/20 at 7:57 am to TheSaintsMan
I think all the cookie cutter tracks is what led to the downfall. That, and moving a lot of tracks out of the south.
Posted on 6/11/20 at 8:06 am to TheSaintsMan
NASCAR- "Well, now that we've fricked up the on-track product, let's see what we can do with the off-track issues."
Posted on 6/11/20 at 8:27 am to TheSaintsMan
NASCAR screwed up when they caved to media pressure to change the entire fabric of the sport with “The Chase” and the annually change and expand the qualification to make the chase.
Media and casual fans didn’t want to take the time to learn the season long points format and that the “championship” was an endurance and consistency award, not just for winning the most races.
It’s the same mistake MLB is making with their new rule change to try and get more fans.
Media and casual fans didn’t want to take the time to learn the season long points format and that the “championship” was an endurance and consistency award, not just for winning the most races.
It’s the same mistake MLB is making with their new rule change to try and get more fans.
Posted on 6/11/20 at 8:31 am to TheSaintsMan
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NASCAR is never going to get the LGBT, Hollywood or even Millennial/Gen Z crowd. All they did was just turn away the few diehard and potential fans they had left
and kept their sponsors. They care about sponsors, not dumbshit hillbillies like yourself
Posted on 6/11/20 at 8:47 am to TheSaintsMan
NASCAR - bans Confederate flag
NASCAR fans - that's it, y'all are REALLY screwing up now. Enough is enough!
NASCAR fans - that's it, y'all are REALLY screwing up now. Enough is enough!
Posted on 6/11/20 at 8:58 am to TheSaintsMan
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TheSaintsMan
NASCAR's Amazing Screwup
At some point college business courses need to use NASCAR as an example of how to destroy a business.
The downfall of NASCAR from a National Sport that was close to rivaling the NFL in popularity to essentially nothing is pretty amazing.
LOL.. I am not sure you read what you posted...So is the whole point NASCAR had the market cornered on racist sports fans and they just f'd up ?
Posted on 6/11/20 at 10:08 am to TheSaintsMan
Actually NASCAR has done some really good things in their return to racing. Will they all pan out and give a boost? Who knows but a lot of things have been well received:
-Midweek racing
-Shorter races
-Short track emphasis
-Limited practice time, just show up and race.
I think those are things that your average NASCAR fan approves of and will help attract the more casual one as well.
As far as the Flag and being public about their support of racial issues, I ultimately think that is the right side of history to be on and every league in due time will be there. I'm sure I'll get down voted into oblivion but the Stars and Bars will soon not be welcomed in a lot of leagues & businesses...the writing is on the wall to somebody who is indifferent. There's always going to be the vocal minority of staunch supporters, many who are in the Nascar demographic, but to most people at best its a "who gives a frick if thats the hill they want to die on" and at worst a symbol of well, a lot of negative things. I know what side the money will ultimately land on.
-Midweek racing
-Shorter races
-Short track emphasis
-Limited practice time, just show up and race.
I think those are things that your average NASCAR fan approves of and will help attract the more casual one as well.
As far as the Flag and being public about their support of racial issues, I ultimately think that is the right side of history to be on and every league in due time will be there. I'm sure I'll get down voted into oblivion but the Stars and Bars will soon not be welcomed in a lot of leagues & businesses...the writing is on the wall to somebody who is indifferent. There's always going to be the vocal minority of staunch supporters, many who are in the Nascar demographic, but to most people at best its a "who gives a frick if thats the hill they want to die on" and at worst a symbol of well, a lot of negative things. I know what side the money will ultimately land on.
Posted on 6/11/20 at 10:19 am to TheSaintsMan
I believe NASCAR's entire motive behind all of this is to further their efforts to attract younger fans. They know that many young people care about this stuff, so they want to look like they care. In doing so, it'll hopefully attract young people who would not otherwise give NASCAR a second of their time. However, I don't think it'll be as effective as NASCAR wants it to be. The problem that NASCAR cannot remedy is that younger generations don't care about cars as much, and aren't nearly as blue collar as previous generations. Love for cars and being blue collar was what attracted so many people to NASCAR when it blew up in popularity throughout the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Younger generations simply aren't that way anymore, as many young people don't really care about working on cars or learning about cars.
Posted on 6/11/20 at 10:49 am to TheSaintsMan
NASCAR went from this:
To this:
Your Southern "good ole boys", who made up the largest fan demographic, aren't going to continue to watch a sport that abandoned the old Southern tracks for one's in Yankee states, nor do they want to be told what flag they can or can't fly at a tailgate for a race they paid to attend.
To this:
Your Southern "good ole boys", who made up the largest fan demographic, aren't going to continue to watch a sport that abandoned the old Southern tracks for one's in Yankee states, nor do they want to be told what flag they can or can't fly at a tailgate for a race they paid to attend.
Posted on 6/11/20 at 11:35 am to TheSaintsMan
quote:I love this place
from a National Sport that was close to rivaling the NFL
Posted on 6/11/20 at 11:39 am to TheSaintsMan
Dude, NASCAR must have genuinely hurt your feelings for you to type all that shite.
Posted on 6/11/20 at 11:46 am to TheSaintsMan
has it been posted yet that overnight ratings for last nights race are up 104% over the race last season?
Posted on 6/11/20 at 12:31 pm to TheSaintsMan
Once Bubba Wallace spoke up, nascar panicked. It took the only black driver, who’s been quite irrelevant in his career, to cause nascar to jack it all up and fold.
Posted on 6/11/20 at 4:06 pm to TheSaintsMan
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o once again NASCAR screws up a golden opportunity.
Completely disagree.
Posted on 6/11/20 at 6:06 pm to TheSaintsMan
What was the cause of NASCAR’s initial decline in popularity?
Posted on 6/11/20 at 9:28 pm to TheSaintsMan
If you’re mad about the Confederate battle flag being banned then you’re a fricking loser
Posted on 6/12/20 at 9:25 am to TheSaintsMan
When you have an entitled drunk drug addict as CEO........
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