![]() They (myself included) are hating on it because it's an objectively worse experience as a fan compared to the RB days. ![]() I don't think people are hating on the coverage because it's trendy to do so. I usually don't comment but I am just a little disheartened about all the negativity that I have seen regarding Elite DH racing this year, which is one of the most insanely awesome sports there is. And if we want the sport to grow, we need Ric explaining what sag is and what a dual crown fork is in layman's terms to viewers that are new and may not even ride MTB(even though it might seem cringe to us). ![]() I think that a commentator can help to curate emotions and reactions as well as to provide useful information, but to claim that without a specific commentator then its not worth watching says a lot about how exciting the live feed actually is. By nature of the argument, if redbulltv didn't have rob wouldn't that coverage also be bad. I would maybe note in conclusion that I think it is a somewhat odd statement for some to talk so much about "needing" Rob Warner to make watching Downhill good. Do people want that, or a balance in between? I think maybe a lot of these conversations would be a little different if there was a clear 5-10 year plan that everyone could read and discuss. And they run off of an expensive pay-per-view still.Īlso I guess a question to answer would be what is the ideal state for downhill? If it ends up like F1, riders will be closed off from the public, multimillion dollar teams will run the show, making it less accessible to race, but more accessible to watch. UFC for example has a similar problem in which people are complaining about fighter pay even though it is a billion dollar company and many athletes are well taken care of, many, not all. I don't think the argument of money going back to the riders will ever end, although I do believe more money needs to go back to prize money etc. I really don't think the people running the show are specifically trying to end DH racing otherwise when they purchased rights to it they could have just shut it down right then and there. I also think there is this weird idea that gained traction in which people are saying that the UCI are trying to kill downhill and things of that nature. I think it became trendy to hate on the new DH coverage, don't get me wrong there were problems but I felt MSA coverage this year was much better than redbulltv's of MSA last year. I will preface that none of these comments are directed at any specific people in this forum or others, these are my observations based on riding all year, vital, PB, etc.
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