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President of NASCAR: This system sucks, no one likes it, it's bad for NASCAR 15 holdouts on the internet: This is the legitimate system we have to crown a champion and NASCAR cannot be sullied with negativity. I just don't understand what is going on anymore. Are people this tuned out?

I mean, they were and have been up until right now. That's how he was selected in the first place. Just want to remind everyone talking about the trial that the parties have agreed to work towards a settlement. Seems like an important detail here when half the thread is still talking about this...

You know, while basing your points system on purse winnings isn't a great way to go about determining a champion in motorsports, that is REALLY "performing when it counts" since the winners of the few prestigious races each year had a massive lead over the competition.

The trial is heading to mediation for a settlement and.....yeah.

And now the entire talking point is null and void anyhow. This is going to mediation with Mishkin in charge because NASCAR is now open to settling the case. I look forwards to many more pages of speculation about how, in fact, NASCAR is going to win the lawsuit.

Bob Pockrass @bobpockrass Judge Bell has ordered NASCAR, 23XI, and Front Row participate in a settlement conference with the current mediator Jeffrey Mishkin on Oct 21. The hearing on motions for summary judgment and exclude witnesses has been moved to Oct 23.

I figured NASCAR would be more interested in limiting the potential damage to their public persona than it was hoping to hurt FRM/23XI during all the pre-trial shenanigans. I was wrong. They wanted to be messy before they caved. I don't know that it helped them one iota but I hope they're happy...

Almost Joey Logano's entire career has been spent with him being told that what people want is to see a Game 7 Moment and he has materially benefited from the system developed to employ that. I am sure he does actually believe that NASCAR fans really want to watch the guys running in the back...

It makes sense for NASCAR to work in this way because they own half the tracks, they are the ones with the TV deal, blah blah blah. That it has led to the sport declining in attendance and interest hasn't mattered to NASCAR because the bottom line has always increased thanks to media deals. It...

LMAO (especially in the context of this thread and the larger discussion). I guess NASCAR themselves now disagrees that this format is working for the fans.

The most well known/famous/beloved active race car drivers in the United States are F1 drivers based on all the available information: not merely just TV ratings (which are basically a push now between NASCAR and F1) but also every other imaginable metric from social media reach to search volume...

The only thing that is absolutely clear is that there won't be a one race playoff after this year. Clearly everyone with influence thinks the way things will be done this year sucks ass and needs to go to hell and die but you know, make sure to watch the Game 7 Moment this year when it gets down...

More pointedly: the people who are loudest that they should stay are the same people whose careers depend on access provided by NASCAR and their media partners. If NASCAR and NBC tells them to be in favor of season long titles and to call fans who want a playoff morons, they will do it without...

The biggest thing that will take down and is reducing the hate on playoffs is the sense that a lot of people have that they won't ever hear about playoffs again after the year is over (in spite of this not actually being announced and many people warning they'll exist in some iteration). Why...

TIL of the existence of r/NASCARWAGTea and I have never been more certain the Internet was a mistake.