The thread Just some ideas…, started by letmecuturegrass, has seen a flurry of activity and responses-
Since numbers arent as high as they used to be, why are we having 3 different meets at the same time?
I think there should be bids to see who gets to have their meet on a certain date. If there is more than one rink bidding for the meet, i think the fair thing to do is trade off years. If each meet has 130 skaters in different locations, then i would predict you would see about 300 skaters in a single location. This makes for better competition and more excitement all the way around. It also allows the vendors to show up and be confident in the numbers, moreover, if there are 3 different meets, a vender surely cannot be present at all 3… at least not as professionally as they would prefer.
Now with this system you can adequately do a series. For example, there are 4 or 5 major EXCLUSIVE meets throughout the year, so you can expect the general skating population to be present for all of them. If USARS agrees to award free entry to nationals for the winner in each division of the series or a free card for the next year, among other prizes and purses from vendors and entries, this would also draw the numbers.
Since we are hitting speeds we havent hit and the equipment is evolving, why are we still skating on the same track that they used on quads?
You have to figure that the faster we go, the less time there is to complete a pass on the straight away and actually make it in clean without falling down. Not to mention, if someone is really good at jamming, you really dont have a whole lot of options. however, on an oval track, the possibilities are virtually limitless. You can pass just about anywhere you want to.
Many floors around the country are generally smaller in size, more often lacking the preffered width. This being said, it makes sense to evolve to a track that caters to this dilemma. The NIRA track is a great start, and im not sure its quite perfect, but it could be altered slightly to make for safer, more exciting racing.
Additional ideas are openly welcome, but if you disagree, please provide, in logical detail, why.
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