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Originally Posted by chernaudi
At this stage, if it reduces costs, generates interest, and provides close racing, we should be for it--provided that it has the potential to achieve that.
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There in lies the catch. Roger Edmonsons vision for Grand-Am was just that. Except the attraction and interest was not there for fans and the sponsors, what with the road racing scene being split. It did amaze me that even when P1 class for ALMS was Dyson and Picket, the fans still came in droves.
To be honest
any sport or show made for television will by nature increase cost. Televison cares about eyeballs because of the commercial advertising which in turn sells products of the sponsors which in turn pays for the series. Now media is everywhere; smartphones, PDAs, Xbox/Playstations, etc. Mass-consumption.
Formula One has gotten very controlled and strict in technical regs that were designed to slash costs. Yet it remains the most expensive motorsport. It's no coincidence that it's global popularity attracts the $$$. It's lucrative and why the teams spend an insane amount for a fraction of a second. *As a side note a majority of the teams in F1 now (and historically) are privateer they're just grossly wealthy.*
We are passionate as fans an so it's hard to please us. What do we want? Professional run series that as a consequence is a business, or return to the roots of what the sport was: a hobby for a dedicated few: it'll be cheaper but it still won't be cheap and of course always have some form of politics. That's just human nature.