Loved NASCAR back in the late 80s-early 90s. They got too big for

their britches, with ticket prices going through the roof (thanks, Bruton Smith, for your greedy PSL concept), and taking races away from tracks that built the sport (N. Wilkesboro & Rockingham) and moving those races to cookie-cutter tracks in places where NASCAR was almost unheard of. The "Chase for the Championship" was an attempt to compete with the NFL. It failed miserably. I knew that when they began to air ads for Bristol night race tickets, the downslide had begun. I once went to as many as 10 races a year, and religiously watched all other races on TV - even the Busch. Today, I couldn't even tell you who won the championship in 2021.
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Posted: 01/15/2022 at 02:23AM

Shocker! 2022 College Football National Championship Game Bombed on TV. -- HOO86 01/11/2022 7:42PM

ESPN's spin -- Roanokie 01/11/2022 10:28PM

I guess it is best in 2 years since 2021 was the worst in 16 years. -- HOO86 01/11/2022 10:42PM

What do you mean..... -- 2hhoop3 01/12/2022 11:49AM

Weeknight title game is a terrible idea. -- Maroon Baboon 01/11/2022 9:24PM

Why start the game at 8:00 pm, on a week night? -- EDGEMAN 01/12/2022 07:45AM

8:30 or even 9:00 on a Friday night would work out for both coasts. -- Maroon Baboon 01/12/2022 10:37AM

Friday night is a no go because the networks don't want to impact -- VTHokie2000 01/13/2022 5:47PM

Listening to them is bad enough, but having to see them is worst ! ** -- FLKEYSHOKIE 01/11/2022 10:55PM

Monday night championship games are not fan friendly. -- Maroon Doom 01/11/2022 10:11PM

If you read the history of the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 -- VTHokie2000 01/13/2022 6:09PM

I think they should have it the Saturday before the Super Bowl. -- Maroon Baboon 01/11/2022 10:27PM

In years when New Year's Day falls on a Sunday, I believe the bowl games -- VTHokie2000 01/13/2022 6:12PM

So, replaying the SEC championship game didn't get ratings? -- EDGEMAN 01/11/2022 8:39PM

ND/SEC are short sighted, like NASCAR, there creating a Regional Sport, -- Stech 01/11/2022 8:06PM

IMO your parallel is right, reasoning is the effect not the cause -- Vienna_Hokie 01/12/2022 06:38AM

Perfectly said, I was involved in NASCAR at it peak, only a couple win, & -- Stech 01/12/2022 08:22AM

Loved NASCAR back in the late 80s-early 90s. They got too big for -- WVHokie84 01/15/2022 02:23AM

Exactly, I was involved from the sponsorship level, in the late 90’s and -- Stech 01/15/2022 06:27AM

As I said above -- TerryD 01/11/2022 9:12PM

Eh no reason to watch it since VT wasn't 1 of the teams playing in the game ** -- VTHokie2000 01/11/2022 7:58PM

Loved NASCAR back in the late 80s-early 90s. They got too big for

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