Quote Originally Posted by NI4NI View Post
As I was catching up on this thread I was assembling the "NASCAR reply on my mind. You beat me to it! In the 90's & early 2000's NASCAR was on fire. Nearly every cup race was a sellout & memorabilia was everywhere.
What went south?
Undoubtedly the death of Dale Sr. was a blow, but more so was NASCAR's efforts to 'refine' it's image. They started fining drivers for less than eloquent post race interviews. Especially if it contained any criticism of mother NASCAR. They acted like their audience was captive and made it easy for us to say "Fuck you. I'll mow my lawn on Sunday instead".

Well, I bet a lot of people are ready to say the same thing to the NCAA.

I would add the very long races played a part in it, as people didn't want to dedicate as much time as they did in the past. Look at Baseball and their rule changes these past few years.

One could also make a comparison to our situation (FCS football) with game length and the additional tailgating time.