Twenty four hour generic sports networks work for one reason only. Sports occur year round. There is rarely a time in which no sporting event is taking place. Thus, because a sporting event is indeed taking place, that means there is something to talk about.
In auto racing there are discrepancies. There is no set off season. Sure, specific series do indeed have periods in which no track action is taking place. However there is never a time in which no semi-major auto race is taking place. The Race of Champions is soon approaching. Formula E is racing throughout the winter. The 2015 World Rally Championship season begins in January.
Clearly, there's no shortage of auto racing over the winter. Unless you live in North America. Almost every major racing series in North America that would ever see TV time has a set offseason. Normally during that offseason nothing happens. Drivers have already switched teams. Engineers have already left one team and taken a better position at another. The schedule has been released. There's really nothing to talk about.
Hold on now. Don't tell that to Fox and NBC! This blog as done its fair share of praise and criticism of the NASCAR oriented programming on sports networks. However, no matter what, Fox's NASCAR RaceHub and NBC's NASCAR America have been discussed with relative positivity. Until now.
For whatever reason what began as two comprehensive NASCAR news shows have fallen to Entertainment Tonight standards. In watching offseason productions of RaceHub and NASCAR America one thing has become clear. If a driver, crew member, wife, pet, alien or cell associated with NASCAR so much as breathes, it is news.
The NASCAR on Fox Twitter and Facebook pages have resorted to showing photoshopped photos of NASCAR drivers in ridiculous situations in order to generate traffic. Not stopping there it appears as though Fox and NBC have mistaken Danica Patrick and Ricky Stenhouse for Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. NASCAR fans, let alone sports fans, have little to no interest in mindless entertainment and gossip. Why what once occupied the space of some of the best sports writing in the history of auto racing is now filled with mindless gossip is a sad representation of the levels dropped to in order to create news.
There doesn't need to be a NASCAR news show during the offseason. If you can't fill the program with comprehensive news stories, it's best to take a break. Resume the shows when the season resumes. I'm sure we'll all be more excited to welcome the program back rather than endue an offseason filled with news we could get out of People Magazine.
In auto racing there are discrepancies. There is no set off season. Sure, specific series do indeed have periods in which no track action is taking place. However there is never a time in which no semi-major auto race is taking place. The Race of Champions is soon approaching. Formula E is racing throughout the winter. The 2015 World Rally Championship season begins in January.
Clearly, there's no shortage of auto racing over the winter. Unless you live in North America. Almost every major racing series in North America that would ever see TV time has a set offseason. Normally during that offseason nothing happens. Drivers have already switched teams. Engineers have already left one team and taken a better position at another. The schedule has been released. There's really nothing to talk about.
Hold on now. Don't tell that to Fox and NBC! This blog as done its fair share of praise and criticism of the NASCAR oriented programming on sports networks. However, no matter what, Fox's NASCAR RaceHub and NBC's NASCAR America have been discussed with relative positivity. Until now.
For whatever reason what began as two comprehensive NASCAR news shows have fallen to Entertainment Tonight standards. In watching offseason productions of RaceHub and NASCAR America one thing has become clear. If a driver, crew member, wife, pet, alien or cell associated with NASCAR so much as breathes, it is news.
The NASCAR on Fox Twitter and Facebook pages have resorted to showing photoshopped photos of NASCAR drivers in ridiculous situations in order to generate traffic. Not stopping there it appears as though Fox and NBC have mistaken Danica Patrick and Ricky Stenhouse for Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. NASCAR fans, let alone sports fans, have little to no interest in mindless entertainment and gossip. Why what once occupied the space of some of the best sports writing in the history of auto racing is now filled with mindless gossip is a sad representation of the levels dropped to in order to create news.
There doesn't need to be a NASCAR news show during the offseason. If you can't fill the program with comprehensive news stories, it's best to take a break. Resume the shows when the season resumes. I'm sure we'll all be more excited to welcome the program back rather than endue an offseason filled with news we could get out of People Magazine.
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