Mossy GOES OFF over the current MX Nationals calendar in Australia.
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- čas přidán 21. 02. 2024
- Matt moss is no stranger to controversy and in this clip he doesn't disappoint. The current MX Nationals calendar is run over 6 months for 8 weekends of racing.
Is this a good or bad thing? Should it change? Or stay the same?
Who does it benefit? or who does it hurt?
Let me know in the comments below.
Thanks for watching! - Sport
He’s spot on , I’m an enthusiast and watch everything MX/SX overseas but find it almost impossible to follow the Aussie scene because I forget when it’s on or have got something else on when it happens and I miss it so my enthusiasm wanes .
Great insight! Cheers
Same
I’m exactly the same,never know it’s on until basically that weekend and other things are planned
Mat Moss for Australian team this year with JETT and HUNTER!!!!!!!!!💯👊
Absolutely no chance
He is spot on south coast boy
me and my old boy were actually talking about this the other day, Motocross needs to start mid to late February in the southern states (SA, VIC and potentially TAS) and finish up in early to mid may at the absolute latest in the northern states, reason being having a round at Horsham in July is just stupid, it's freezing cold and makes for shit racing. also majority of Australia's states and territories need atleast 1 round, it's basically a east coast Mx championship these days and it's ridiculous, where's a Wa and even potentially a NT round??? the Australian winter needs to be the break in-between the end of the Mx season and the start of the SX season
I agree
I do agree with the winter off-season idea! A lot of races get rained out and spectator attendances would have to affected on those more common cold, wet weekends.
My god can you boys hit a nail on the head! Can follow every other season around the world but have zero interest in our local series because of exactly that, there’s too much down time and lose interest. Well done fellas, keep up the good work!
Interesting point of view no doubt! Thanks for your response
Love him or Hate him,,,Mossy is such an ambassador for Aussie motocycling….He’s done it, He’s raced it, He’s won it….Full Stop!!!
So many organizations, parents, wannabes etc can learn soooooo much from this bloke…..
MA’s decisions are mainly implemented by in house people who don’t even know where the shift lever is on an YZ 250🤦🏼🤦🏼….
Such a great insight👏👏👍👍
100% agree. We are huge moss fans and generally go to the qld nationals to support Matt and Jake and now we miss out. I recon 2 week gap between rounds
Thanks for supporting the sport 👊🏻
He's spot on, but MA doesn't tend to listen to riders or fans so it's unlikely to change
Motorcycling Australia is biased towards clubs and biased against private promotors. The sport meeds private promotors for each individual round of the mx series. You know...like how they do it in the USA ...
A private promotor lives or dies by the quality of their event, but why would a private buisness run a motocross round when MA are raping them for every dollar of income that they can generate.?
Clubs are much easier to rape, so MA favours clubs. Subsequently we mostly have a calender of events made up of clubs willing to be raped simply for the prestige of hosting a national, some of these clubs have very sub standard tracks, no machinery of their own, no effective watering system , no expertise in track prep, limited spectator viewing etc.
A perfect place for a mx national would be at the ride park facility at Bacchus Marsh near Melbourne. They have a great track with amazing spectator viewing, the patking and pit space , the machinery, the water, the experienced track crew and a location that could easily draw 10's of thousands of spectators , but the way MA entitles itself to most of a club's, or in this hypothetical case, a private promotors income streams, like event sponsorship money, race day vendor fees, ticket fees from spectators etc, it would just be a lose lose lose situation for that promotor.
Clubs can acess government grants and frequently do, private track operators can not, but a private track operator could use grant money very effectively to improve their facility, a facility that is open most weekends for the riders, clubs squander grant money , arguing amongst themselves how best to spend it and all for a club facility that is open for the riders how many days a year? I wonder what would happen if every club that has recieved a government grant were audited to find out exactly where that money went and what lasting value was had from it..? ( sorry that was a side track rant!! )
For Australian motocross to ever advance to the professional level that the grass roots popularity of this sport should be able to sustain, then we need a full Federal government level investigation into the buisness practices of Motorcycling Australia and a full audit of where riders , clubs, sponsors and spectators money is actually going..
We know this is never going to happen.
Kale, you recently stated that you want to dedicate yourself to growing and improving our sport here in Australia. I would suggest that you do a detailed investigation into just what MA takes from a club or promotor that wants to run a national, the actual current official breakdown of fees applied by MA and who gets what of all incomes generated from individual races and the series as an overall, then do some interviews with representatives from clubs that have hosted a national in the past, the private promotor who is hosting a national at his ride park facility in Queensland this year and definitely the owner of the ride park facility at Bacchus Marsh..ask him what it would take to make it worthwhile for him to host a national.
Mossy is right! I havent missed a season or race weekend for the AMA series since 2011 😅.....In aus ive lost interest because of the time in between and quite frankly dont know where they are at.
Thanks for your message, I'm curious, do you follow the Aus SX being its over a shorter period?
@@MWMXshow definitely...ive travelled twice to the mx. Once in Victoria opening round and the other in Mackay closer to home which is more times than ive followed a complete season online or tv.
Some spot on ideas in here, west, privateers, earnings. Easier said than done.... but it could be done, should be done.
He's 100% right, why stop for 5 weeks, plus they stop for the state titles, it's BS. It should also be at least 10 rounds, and do a round in WA, either add Manjimup, like Supercross does with Daytona under a different promoter, or the weekend before or after, to reduce travel costs. Needs to be 10 rounds, and 2 weeks breaks at absolute most.
He's right
He doesn't hold back that's for sure! Thanks for watching
I have followed the AMA since Reedy was around then followed the top guys ever since, I've tried to follow MA but I don't know when the season starts. A shorter season with races weekly or fortnightly would generate hype, podcasts, and privateer behind the scenes CZcamsrs so the general public like me can follow these racers!
Hes right shorten it
Seems like a popular opinion!
He’s spot on. Making actually sense and MA is a mess
When you think of the talent Australia is producing, we should be running a series just as good as the AMA… Outdoors and SX… Mossy is right… the MX Series is too stretched out
💯 I watch all the ama stuff and the aus supercross but only watch one motocross race and go to Appin. Australian motocross sucks just because of the schedule.
Mossy is right the mx series is crap has been forever and as privateer there's no money in it. But someone is making money and it's not the riders. MA are a bunch of wankers they never had any idea
Even us fans lose excitement with massive gaps of the races. Mx is the best it really is. Shitty MA it could blow up easy is Oz, get some gov money and blow it up. How many million goes into swimming au for eg.. Buggar Red pull no one wants more of that shit show.
It's been a shit show since back in the glory days
Aus MX is a joke. Should be 9 rounds over 3 months. 3 rounds a month. It would help privateers, it would help families helping there kids. It's ridiculous. Fans would follow the series. I'm a religious die-hard motocross fan, and I couldn't give 2shits about Aussie mx. MA are a bunch of cooks.
Mx should be April, May, June, any of the factory boys can go race a few rounds of AMA or MXGP
SX should be Sept, Oct, Nov that opens doors for international riders to come over grow the competition here and get gate drops before ama and our Factory boys can go over and do a few rounds of West if they chose to. It keeps the factory boys engaged, international riders help elevate our riders and the private guy can have a better chance doing well when the series is condensed. Lest time for potential injury, more time for them to work a 2nd job and keeps the fans engaged in wanting to follow more closely.
Heck it would of helped me race at national level 10 years ago but it just wasn't feasible
Has been and no one cares on his shit opinion
He makes a valid point tho, and its great to see vets still passionate, should be part of the Oz mx culture.