And the hits just keep coming .No TV for Daytona 200 ?

[Ashley C Peterson]

http://superbikeplanet.com/2014/Mar/...ytona200tv.htm What in the hell is going on these days ?

[John Redford]

Second foot inching closer to the coffin?

Does anybody else think AMA is going the way of the horse drawn carriage?

[Linz Leard]

Free live streaming, I hear, but yes, no TV coverage blows. You attract a lot of sponsors that way. Not. Maybe if Dingman took a pay cut...

[Allan Boyd]

DMG is to AMA racing, as Harley was to Buel. Road racing in the US is admittedly somewhat esoteric. But DMG has really let everyone down :(

[Greg Gilstrap]

Maybe it's the relentless bad-press and poor image that sport bike riders get in mainstream news for several years now, of the foolish street riding antics. This sport just seems to be losing any credible vision or visibility to the public. At COTA for MotoGP last year, and watching the evening news on Saturday, before the big Sunday event, they were more interested in talking about some stupid Reggae Festival, that probably didn't even have 20,000 people in town for, than the International 75,000+ people in town for GP. With about 7 minutes left in the broadcast, I called the station's news hotline, "Hey, did you all not hear that there's 75,000+ people in town from all over the planet for an event at COTA?!?", reply, "Oh yes, we have something coming up at the end of the news on that!". Then, they have maybe 30 seconds of coverage, the majority of it dominated by some Red Bull sponsored BASE jumper leaping off the big tower. WhoopieDoo!...

[Joseph Emmons]

Well looks like John Ulrich is trying just start his own series because of DMG being so terrible!

http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/raci...es/#more-57962

[David Napier]

Well ****.

[Walter Walker]

If any of you actually knew what has gone on behind the scenes you'd have a different opinion. To assume that DMG is the cause of all this is simply wrong.

[Ashley C Peterson]

^ please enlighten us ............

[Linz Leard]

If any of you actually knew what has gone on behind the scenes you'd have a different opinion. To assume that DMG is the cause of all this is simply wrong.

Speaking strictly for myself, I never called out DMG. But I don't believe I said anything incorrect. So allow me to ask this:

1) The Daytona coverage is free via live streaming, correct?

2) Having no TV coverage is not a good way to attract sponsors, correct? Yes, you have to have money to be shown on network or cable TV, but if you don't show your product, your chances of attracting revenue goes way down, does it not?

3) Dingman makes a around $260K per annum. I know essentially what he does as I am surrounded by folks at levels as high or higher than he, and many make less than he does. Is his salary commensurate with his position?

As far as DMG, I know the sale from the AMA was worth about $180K per year over a ten-year span. Racing and racing venues are expensive. 1.8 million over 10 years doesn't leave a lot to make money on unless the racing grows in membership and attracts outside sponsors. Economics 101.