Enough Is Enough Full Season Championship.

HoneyBadger said:
Objectively false.

For reference, here’s the 1999 Homestead-Miami 400 where Dale Jarrett clinched the championship.

There’s plenty of focus on Jarrett but the coverage is much more balanced than what we get from the same network now.

And there are actually more points battles going on in this race too, because it’s more than just the final four. You have guys trying to get in the top 10 in points down the stretch.

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This feels like a dishonest comparison.

Jarrett entered this race 231 points over Labonte so there was no real championship battle by that point. Labonte needed Jarrett to massively screw up to make it close for Atlanta.

Go back to any year with a close points battle and you’ll see an emphasis on the championship fight.

Was it more balanced? Sure. But the championship was still a disproportionate focus.
 
Naitch said:
This feels like a dishonest comparison.

Jarrett entered this race 231 points over Labonte so there was no real championship battle by that point. Labonte needed Jarrett to massively screw up to make it close for Atlanta.

Go back to any year with a close points battle and you’ll see an emphasis on the championship fight.

Was it more balanced? Sure. But the championship was still a disproportionate focus.
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That being the case, good TV should be focused on field battles.
 
I know people get tired of the good old days stories. But MRN would cover what every body was doing throughout the field. They routinely provided a complete run down with the attaboys.

The advantage they had was being the only game in town. If they made a snoozer sound like a barn burner you had no reason to doubt them.
 
Naitch said:
This feels like a dishonest comparison.

Jarrett entered this race 231 points over Labonte so there was no real championship battle by that point. Labonte needed Jarrett to massively screw up to make it close for Atlanta.

Go back to any year with a close points battle and you’ll see an emphasis on the championship fight.

Was it more balanced? Sure. But the championship was still a disproportionate focus.
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Having a points battle come down to the wire like in 1992 and 2002, it was worthy of that type of disproportionate coverage.

And it still is nowhere near as bad as now. NBC didn’t even tell us who won the ****** race!
 
HoneyBadger said:
Having a points battle come down to the wire like in 1992 and 2002, it was worthy of that type of disproportionate coverage.

And it still is nowhere near as bad as now. NBC didn’t even tell us who won the ****** race!
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Were you not paying attention? I saw Ryan had won the race by looking at the TV. 😅
 
Naitch said:
Absolutely. The race is the product. Even FOX, who doesn’t have the playoffs, is bad at highlighting battles deep in the field.
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Fox does have the playoffs for the trucks. Until this year, probably because of Heim they didn't spend every other word talking about it.
Nothing like being way over the line with the Hamlin thing. That was ridiculous coverage IMO.
 
DaleJrFan2003 said:
Nobody is saying we need to return to the "Winston Cup system." Full season points =/= Winston Cup system. Also, the "hate" that system received has been greatly exaggerated.
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Yeah, fans were adamantly opposed to the changes NASCAR was making in 2003-2004. The Chase, closing The Rock, moving the Southern 500 to Fontana. All deeply unpopular.

Billy done messed up...

 
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