Isn't it disgusting that NASCAR racers are just walking advertisements for corporations?
Question:Their uniforms are covered with corporate logos and so are their cars.
No other sport has so much corporate advertising.
This is so gross. Why do the NASCAR racers do this to themselves? It is so humiliating. They are selling their souls to corporations. They are selling their bodies and their artform. Are they really that greedy for money?
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Other sports don't have room for so much advertising. They are driving a big blank canvas.Its ok to not be a fan of cars going in circles. But companies have proven studies showing fans driver loyalties make them big bucks. Jimmy Johnson fans (Lowe's) hate to give home depot (tony Stewart) their business.Jr fans won't drink Miller. Like it or not its capitalism at its purest . And they make the coolest commercialsI don't do NASCAR.
Does jeff gordon have a shot at winning another cup in the near future??
So what if they do? I really don't see that it's any of your concern.Do you think Felipe Massa will be next Ferrari's champion?
Gee, how about if you sponsor a nascar racer, buy his car, pay his mechanics, for the fuel, the maintenence, pay the driver, and then say, No no, you don't need to put my picture on your car or your suit. I don't want anyone to know how generous I am and that the only reason you can race is because I am funding you..Artform? You view auto racing as an artform? It is a very very expensive project, they want to win. To win you have to have the latest and greatest technology in your machine, the best training, the best support crew, mechanics etc etc etc... you think you can get the best without any cost? Good luck.
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It's not disgusting. Do the drivers have some type of honor or dignity that would prevent them from doing so? Are they a special people with a special sport that are so above everyone that they need to maintain that exclusivity? No, because...They drive in circles 500 times!!! That's what they do. They have no leg to stand on in terms of integrity. They're not even athletes. They use resources, pollute and cause deaths in order to drive in a circle.
It's a business like all others. Don't elevate them or their...well, it's not a sport and their not athletes, so, it's a game, like chess without the brain activity.
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i dont see them like that...when i see a driver, i see someone who is talented and good at what they do (or not, if they aren't that good). I don't see them and say "oh, there goes budwieser" or "look at lowe's go!" i see them as people who have a passion for what they do and i have a lot of respect for them. i'm not going to let advertisements change the way i feel about the drivers or teams or even the sport. I love nascar no matter what.NASCAR was 50 years ahead of it's time. have you not noticed the nike and reebok logos on football uniforms now? and there are no more 'candlestick parks', or 'tiger stadiums'. and don't players in the sugar bowl wear nokia logos on their uniforms? all the stadiums and bowl games having corpoate names are just the beginning. the stick and ball sports are just starting to get it. just in the last 8-10 years they are starting to realize that corporate sponsorships and sports go together like eggs and bacon. NASCAR realized this 50 years earlier. so stop hatin', you loser
If it wasn't for the corporations that sponsor the drivers and their teams there would not be a Nascar!! The sponsors are the people who pay the drivers, they pay for the teams to be able to build the engines, cars, chassis, etc.
Look at how the other sports are now. Look at the NBA, MLB, NFL, Tennis, etc. all of them use sponsors. How come you are not calling out the other sports for using sponsors. If I'm not mistaken a number of athletes have their own tennis shoes and guess what...SPONORS GIVE THEM MONEY FOR THAT!!
Do you know how much it costs to build a engine? It costs those teams $50,000 to build a engine. Do you know how much it costs for one team to race in the Cup series for an entire season? $20 million dollars for one damn year and guess who gives those teams that money...THE DAMN SPONSORS!!
Do you even know Nascar? The drivers are not selling their souls to their sponsors nor are they selling their bodies. If it wasn't for those sponsors we wouldn't know a number of those drivers!!
Any of you going to NASCAR race in Watkins Glen this weekend?
your just another california hippie who smokes weed!!!so shut up and go back to living in your parents basement!!
They say the slow and steady wins the race, has anyone ever seen this actually happen?
I love NASCAR.I don't have a problem with it at all.
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Beings the drivers are making pretty good money themselves, I don't think they look at it the same way you do. If it weren't for all of the sponsors, the sport wouldn't be where it is today. It's when there is a lack of sponsor for a team when one should be concerned.Dale Earnhardt jr. what is your opinion?
This has been a part of racing forever look at the F1 guys, sponsers happen all the way down to the little Saturday night local short track it is how things get paid forBTW most sponsership money goed to the team owner what the driver gets paid is determoined by his contract with the team owner for the most partdude, calm down, its called capitalism
Ohhhhhhh jealousy has reared it's swollen head. Can't take all those drivers being millionaires and taking a chance they may be killed on a Sunday, eh?
your jealous. they get lots of money for all those litte sponsors.They do need the money it costs about $350,000.00 to go racing for a weekend.where do they get the money from??SPONSORS.Look around football stadiums,baseball diamonds ect...look at the walls..sponsors.$$$$$
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they've got to make money from someplace?Which team is better for kimi? mclaren, ferrari or renault?
It is not only Nascar.Look at the NFL,MLB,NBA,F1,Cart-the list goes on and on.Oh and eskimo,I would love to see you at Daytona driving a stock car around at +200mph with 42 other cars.Where split second decisions can mean life or death.Them tell me the drivers aren't professional athletes.What is up with Guiding Light and Nascar?
Not really. NASCAR is big businees now not like it was years ago.Should the Nascar hall of fame be in Charlotte or Daytona?
What a laugh..other sports are chock-full of commercials for all kinds of products...ever watch an NFL game lately? Look at the Super Bowl. And consider the FACT that many stadiums nowadays bear the names of corporations. And it's not just the individual drivers who get the sponsorship, dumba**, the TEAM is sponsored by the corporations!BTW F1 cars/teams/drivers also have major sponsorship. Same for NHRA drag racing and monster truck racing, truck owners have deals with Ford, Dodge, and Chevy which provide them with support because certain monster truck owners use their trucks as a base for their machines!(Good example is Bob Chandler's BIGFOOT trucks and Ford!)
Who are you, anyway, to tell NASCAR how to run their sport? Or criticize what you obviously have NO idea about?
Go b*tch and moan all you want. NASCAR will always be here. And I will always be a fan. H*ll yeah.
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What bs is this? Every sport has advertising. From the ads in the stadiums to the offical beer, ice cream, foot powder etc. of the NFL. I think you need to chill...How do you get started in fourmula 1 racing?
I think all sports players are doing this now... They need sponsors and contracts obligate them to advertise whenever possible. I think you'll find the same stuff goes on with other sports and not just NASCAR... However Jeff Gordon does get a little to into the sponsor thing... He's annoying...Was Horatio Nelson really the founder of F1 Racing?
Advertising is a part of the deal. Nascar would not be the sport it is today without corporate sponsorship.I disagree about the corporate advertising and other sports. Take one game of football. The Super Bowl to be specific. Advertisers are more than willing to spend a minimum of $30,000 for a 30 second add.
Just about every sport utilizes corporate sponsorship. How do you think that the stars can make multi-million $ deals when they are hired by teams? Corporations pay for a lot of this. It's just more behind the scenes, it's not as in-your-face as Nascar.
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Have you noticed that ALL forms of racing use sponsors? Did you notice that most sports arenas are now owned by corporations so they get free advertising when the name is mentioned? Wake up and see how the real world works and if you don't like the logos, watch something else!Who thinks that ''Big Ben Rothlisberger" is irresponsible?
It takes a lot of money to race nascar. When you have over a million dollars saved up, maybe you can race a plain car.Who will win the Nascar Nextel Cup Championship?
and you forgot the camera's are not for us they are for the owner to look for other drivers when they mess up, anybody can crash and have a bad temper and to be walking around with a neon sign all around you for some company ,it just shows that people will do anything for moneyI think thats part of the fun..im not being fooled ..i am quite aware of the situation..i choose whatever products i want.its just entertainment...
Someone's gotta pay the bills...where else are they going to get the money.
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