Hi all
Many have posted on this change, and most of us don't understand it at all. I thought when you sold something, you turned over the keys, title, power, and walked away with some compensation for that. NHRA must be rebuilding the rules of business in the world? It looks like everone is keeping their badges.
How often does something like this happen in the business world?
Is there an example of this new arrangement in pro sports? Compare someone like the NY Yankees organization. You have an owner, then managers that get canned if they don't produce. They pay salaries to the stars, but don't compensate the minor leagues? Maybe they own the parks, or lease them. They exist to reap profit from the entertainment dollar.
Maybe that would fit the sportsmen racer into a character like "dancing homer" if you can do something to enterrtain someone for brief minute, they would consider keeping you around!
I am just a machining guy and don't understand deals like this. Eventually the truth will pop up. Maybe someone who really understands it can explain it in a jargon free statement.
The problem with this new world is its no longer about driving to the US Nationals and seeing the greatest gearheads in the land. Thats what I thought when we drove over there in 1976. Now its just about making sure everyone knows which beer, sunglasses and oil, they should be buying. It isn't about local-yocal gearheads anymore. NHRA is not growing the sportsman side when they limit entries, don't contest the class, or offer a reason to travel to the event. I hope someone can bring back the old hot rodding again. It is time for a new sportsmen mecca.
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