Here is my public cry to NASCAR - to stop the changes! Over the course of the last decade, NASCAR has imposed countless changes to the sport ranging from the lucky dog to a new points system, and then revamping of that points system. And the only reason they are doing it is to TRY to bring more fans to the sport by making it "more exciting".
Okay so the NFL has the Super Bowl and the NBA has Game 7 but NASCAR is neither of those sports. No matter how you slice it, it comes down to the right equipment, the right driver and team and the right luck at the right time. If the goal of every sport is to make every sport more exciting, then lets have NBA change the rules so that there is only three players allowed on defense and 5 on offense or in baseball let all the batters cork their bats.
It's the integrity of the sport that is important. People want to see the same rules 60 years from now so they can compare the 1946 Cardinals to the 2006 Cardinals just like they want to compare Joe Weatherly to Tony Stewart. But how do you do that rightfully when you are comparing the way the system is set up now versus then.
It makes it a little blurry to me.
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