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NASCAR is boring as fuck. The NFL is following the same path. All of the upper management cares about is selling commercials and licensed merchandise. Tons of empty seats in all professional sports. People may flip it on for a few minutes at home? Then go about their business for the day.

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3 minutes ago, Woodtick said:

NASCAR is boring as fuck. The NFL is following the same path. All of the upper management cares about is selling commercials and licensed merchandise. Tons of empty seats in all professional sports. People may flip it on for a few minutes at home? Then go about their business for the day.

Yep, I used to watch 5 football games a week. Now I watch one.

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1 hour ago, steve from amherst said:

Yep, I used to watch 5 football games a week. Now I watch one.

I don’t watch FB anymore. Between the kneeling and commercials I could give a rats ass about any of it now.

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2 hours ago, Jimmy Snacks said:

Like a lot of things the core older fans are dying off and younger fans aren’t taking their place. Going to race is pretty much a whole weekend deal and there are just too many other things to do on a summer weekend besides sweating your balls off in the grandstands of a Nascar Track. They are downsizing venues are far as seating is concerned and trying to reduce costs for drivers and fans alike...remains to be seen what will happen going forward.

Night races would be awesome at MIS for the Aug race imo - too hot siting there baking for 3 hours.

 

 

1 hour ago, Jimmy Snacks said:

We went to MIS two years in a row and had a bus in the infield....IIRC it was 2002-2003. Went down Wednesday night and came home Monday morning...what a fucking drunken weekend those were. 🤣

We used to go Sat night or Sun morn - was a lot of fun.

 

 

1 hour ago, Jimmy Snacks said:

I agree and some tracks are just boring...MIS has become a fuel mileage race along with a few others like Fontana. Lose the plates, give back the HP on all tracks, reduce downforce and let the drivers drive the fucking things. 

Yup - mileage races are gay.

Road race courses gay as well.

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1 hour ago, Woodtick said:

NASCAR is boring as fuck. The NFL is following the same path. All of the upper management cares about is selling commercials and licensed merchandise. Tons of empty seats in all professional sports. People may flip it on for a few minutes at home? Then go about their business for the day.

There is just so much other content out there for people to watch that only dedicated fans are going to spend 3-4 hours watching one event.

1 hour ago, steve from amherst said:

Yep, I used to watch 5 football games a week. Now I watch one.

Same.  Mostly college FB nowadays.

25 minutes ago, Pete said:

I don’t watch FB anymore. Between the kneeling and commercials I could give a rats ass about any of it now.

Any the reviews.  Once something is challenged I just change the channel.  That's 5+ minutes of my life I'm not going to get back and I could care less which way they decide it.  

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1 hour ago, Woodtick said:

NASCAR is boring as fuck. The NFL is following the same path. All of the upper management cares about is selling commercials and licensed merchandise. Tons of empty seats in all professional sports. People may flip it on for a few minutes at home? Then go about their business for the day.

Yep.  3-4 hours of not much more than exuberant pageantry and commercials.  Pass.

7 minutes ago, teamgreen02 said:

There is just so much other content out there for people to watch that only dedicated fans are going to spend 3-4 hours watching one event.

Same.  Mostly college FB nowadays.

Any the reviews.  Once something is challenged I just change the channel.  That's 5+ minutes of my life I'm not going to get back and I could care less which way they decide it.  

Most feel exactly like this.

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Daytona 500 because it’s the opener and the history is cool, Talladega because it’s the biggest track and produces some wild racing....I do enjoy road courses as well but even the Bristol night race which used to be an impossible ticket to get and produced some great racing has grown boring. 

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2 hours ago, steve from amherst said:

LOuden can be a snoozer too. Ive actually fallen asleep in the stands. But if ya want me to give up 3 hrs on a gorgeous summer day, make the finish worth my while.

I fell asleep in the middle of the TRENTON 300, about 50 years ago.  

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2 hours ago, steve from amherst said:

Yep, I used to watch 5 football games a week. Now I watch one.

i wish we had a choice of which to watch easier.  this weekend i'd have preferred to watch KC than the pats for example.  best football games are in the snow.  

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1 hour ago, Angry ginger said:

i wish we had a choice of which to watch easier.  this weekend i'd have preferred to watch KC than the pats for example.  best football games are in the snow.  

Direct TV NFL Sunday Ticket gives you all the games of the day.

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5 hours ago, Angry ginger said:

lst time i went to the races i drank a bottle of rum and ripped some hits with breakfast,  passed out and walked into the seats as the flyover happened.  CKF was shocked i made it in.  

We were all shocked to see you make it to the top of the stands :lol:    When the tail gating is the most fun part of the weekend it's time to stop paying $100 a person to do it :bc: 

5 hours ago, steve from amherst said:

Yep, I used to watch 5 football games a week. Now I watch one.

I used to watch 3-4.  now it's 1, maybe 2.

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5 minutes ago, Tickle Shits said:

I’d be more interested if they had to use production chassis and engines 

That would leave Toyota out

what car do they make with a V8?

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6 hours ago, Woodtick said:

NASCAR is boring as fuck. The NFL is following the same path. All of the upper management cares about is selling commercials and licensed merchandise. Tons of empty seats in all professional sports. People may flip it on for a few minutes at home? Then go about their business for the day.

That's because you're a Chicagoan and the Bears have sucked since 1985 :pan::bigfinger::lol:

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2 minutes ago, Pete said:

That would leave Toyota out

what car do they make with a V8?

lexus has several within the corporate umbrella.  fuck chevy ran luminas which were 4 or 6 cyl cars back when it was supposed to be more stock car based.  

 

 

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1 minute ago, Angry ginger said:

lexus has several within the corporate umbrella.  fuck chevy ran luminas which were 4 or 6 cyl cars back when it was supposed to be more stock car based.  

 

 

Yeah 

the whole thing stinks 

Just no interest anymore. 

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