OK, Strap in for a rant.
You lost all credibility when you called the between rounds entertainment "Stupidity" and "Creating fake excitement". You are looking at this through the lens of a die hard spectator and not the casual fan (which Makes up the VAST majority of fans both at the event and on TV).
If I am a casual fan who just paid a few hundred bucks to get me, my wife and two or three kids in to the event, plus god knows how much on food and merch, if you as a promoter are relying on "The excitement of Racing" to keep them engaged then you are going to fail. There is an expectation of sports events these days to be way more than just the sport itself; think cheerleaders, marching bands, half court shot contests and Kiss cam. All designed to keep fans moderately interested or engaged while there is literally nothing going on.
If I was not a die hard, I would not be back.
Drag Racing is at an inherent disadvantage because of the Structure of the racing. Race, work on it for and hour, race, work on it for an hour, Race... you see what I'm getting at here.
Football games, Nascar, Indy etc. they constant. A constant stream of content to entertain and consume. Realistically, we don't really have that constant stream.
There is so much competition for the Dollar now that if you don't have all the bells and whistles in terms of events.... you will not win casual fans over. In past lives I have been part of the management team (Media and Marking Manager) of the Biggest Drag Strip in Australia and also the National Touring series as the Communications and Media Manager. We reviewed our fan interaction and downtime plans at national events several times a year.
Rather than attacking the people who are just doing their job and calling them stupid, lets hear your suggestions to deal with downtime?
As for the audio... its not that bad. If you want to hear it just like you would at the track.. nothing is going to replicate that. It is compressed for broadcast, which immediately reduces the fideliy.
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OK, Strap in for a rant.
You lost all credibility when you called the between rounds entertainment "Stupidity" and "Creating fake excitement". You are looking at this through the lens of a die hard spectator and not the casual fan (which Makes up the VAST majority of fans both at the event and on TV).
If I am a casual fan who just paid a few hundred bucks to get me, my wife and two or three kids in to the event, plus god knows how much on food and merch, if you as a promoter are relying on "The excitement of Racing" to keep them engaged then you are going to fail. There is an expectation of sports events these days to be way more than just the sport itself; think cheerleaders, marching bands, half court shot contests and Kiss cam. All designed to keep fans moderately interested or engaged while there is literally nothing going on.
If I was not a die hard, I would not be back.
Drag Racing is at an inherent disadvantage because of the Structure of the racing. Race, work on it for and hour, race, work on it for an hour, Race... you see what I'm getting at here.
Football games, Nascar, Indy etc. they constant. A constant stream of content to entertain and consume. Realistically, we don't really have that constant stream.
There is so much competition for the Dollar now that if you don't have all the bells and whistles in terms of events.... you will not win casual fans over. In past lives I have been part of the management team (Media and Marking Manager) of the Biggest Drag Strip in Australia and also the National Touring series as the Communications and Media Manager. We reviewed our fan interaction and downtime plans at national events several times a year.
Rather than attacking the people who are just doing their job and calling them stupid, lets hear your suggestions to deal with downtime?
As for the audio... its not that bad. If you want to hear it just like you would at the track.. nothing is going to replicate that. It is compressed for broadcast, which immediately reduces the fidelity.
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that’s FOX’s job to stay smpte/broadcast legal. They know how to use a compressor better than anyone dealing with nitro cars lol.
