Originally Posted by
furiousferret
Reading the Red Kite drama it was mildly frustrating seeing a bunch of racers scream and yell about how 'for profit' promoters are ruining the sport.
That's not how it works, none of those dudes are getting rich, and if they do have a windfall of profits from one race, that typically covers 2 unprofitable races. Even if someone makes 30k for a years worth of promoting, that's barely a livable wage.
My life would be immensely different if I made $30k a year from promoting races. I could actually afford to keep doing this for a while. As it is I feel like it's a day to day existence.
As it is now if you do anything better than break even everyone wants to point a finger at you and blame you for the downfall of the sport. It's always been this way - roadies in general, we are a insufferable bunch of SOBs - it's just that I'm actually hitting my limit with it.