Postby Diana The Doc » Fri Jan 21, 2011 8:48 am
Some good points are made... Well, it's sort of like everything else, very often "over-commercialization" has a way of souring lots of stuff (music, entertainment, etc)... Drag Racing is a sport that's sort of fallen into the proverbial "Catch 22" sort of dilemma-- Unless you're talking about the most fundamental forms of ultra low-buck racing, the facts are that most genres of drag racing require oodles 'n' oodles of money-- So, in order for drag racing to sustain itself, a pretty hefty influx of fans in the grandstands, and big bags of cash are needed to keep it all going... Many internet snerts are so quick to report when they see some empty seats while watching a televised drag race from the comfort of their living room couch-- Yet, those are the same snerts who often won't get off their couch and come out to support the sport-- Yes, in some ways, we've become the official form of motorsport that "eats their young" and "cuts their noses to spite their face" (what we see typed on the drag racing internet is absolute proof of that)-- I certainly don't claim to know the reason why that is, but I guess that's not the healthiest way to keep our sport "vibrant" and "prosperous"-- Quite the opposite, it just about smothers it to death... Yes, we now live in an age when practically all our major sports stadiums are named after men's shaving razors and banking institutions, the days of maintaining a modest "grass roots" ideology with our popular sports is definitely on the drastic decline... Hopefully it'll all hold together and the future will be bright-- I honestly try my very best to remain optimistic... "The Doc" (Celebrity Drag Racing Authority & Visionary)...
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