miataracer90 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Will the East Coast nationals have better coverage than West Coast nationals? The coverage is pretty poor. NASA used to have great coverage on Speedcast TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Tornado Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Great question as would love to watch on line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miataracer90 Posted August 5, 2015 Author Share Posted August 5, 2015 Great question as would love to watch on line I tried to watch the West coast races, but with 2 buffering camera and with audio in and out, t was really difficult. For those of us who can't be at the event, the Speedcast broadcasts were great. Same issue last year (with Racerconnect I think) at RA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
National Staff Jeremy C. Posted August 12, 2015 National Staff Share Posted August 12, 2015 We will not have the live multi-camera coverage from the Eastern States Championships this year. We would certainly like to offer the live coverage we pioneered in years past, but it became prohibitively expensive to do so with the dual event format we now have. We apologize that you didn't have a good experience with the coverage we were offering and are continually working to improve on what we can offer for every future event. Thank you for your feedback. Regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoBuk 517 Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 When will links be posted for these feeds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcmmotorsports Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 When will links be posted for these feeds? Jeremy said above there will not be live feeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skrzastek Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 We will not have the live multi-camera coverage from the Eastern States Championships this year. Regards, Why did the West Coast championships have the live feeds, but the East coast will not? That doesn't seem quite right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smike Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 You know what else isn't right... Having TWO Championships in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arca_ex Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 We will not have the live multi-camera coverage from the Eastern States Championships this year. Regards, Why did the West Coast championships have the live feeds, but the East coast will not? That doesn't seem quite right. It's nothing to be jealous of lol, they sucked. I think a much better way of doing it is having rotating location. Do West Coast one year, Central the next, East Coast the next, then repeat. Bring back the Speedcast TV. Separate championships is pretty dumb especially when one of the coolest things (live broadcast) is removed from the event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sperkins Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 We will not have the live multi-camera coverage from the Eastern States Championships this year. We would certainly like to offer the live coverage we pioneered in years past, but it became prohibitively expensive to do so with the dual event format we now have. I heard a 30 minute dissertation today on the live announcer feed about how much NASA has grown and continues to grow every year. With the thousands of membership dues, entry fees and exorbitant prices to compete at nationals (X2), how was it "prohibitively expensive" to provide video feeds like in years past? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
National Staff Jeremy C. Posted October 9, 2015 National Staff Share Posted October 9, 2015 We will not have the live multi-camera coverage from the Eastern States Championships this year. We would certainly like to offer the live coverage we pioneered in years past, but it became prohibitively expensive to do so with the dual event format we now have. I heard a 30 minute dissertation today on the live announcer feed about how much NASA has grown and continues to grow every year. With the thousands of membership dues, entry fees and exorbitant prices to compete at nationals (X2), how was it "prohibitively expensive" to provide video feeds like in years past? I wish I could answer every question with the level of detail it would take to explain the reasoning behind that answer, but the fact remains that the event is monumentally expensive to operate because we want to provide NASA competitors with the very best possible experience available at the NASA Championships. Simply put, it will become much easier to offer the live multi-camera coverage again if we can all get an extra 5 competitors to register in our classes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arca_ex Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 I will be disappointed if there is not live coverage for the Buttonwillow nationals event since that venue has got to be less expensive to host an event at as opposed to say Laguna Seca. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwaysinboost Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 We will not have the live multi-camera coverage from the Eastern States Championships this year. We would certainly like to offer the live coverage we pioneered in years past, but it became prohibitively expensive to do so with the dual event format we now have. I heard a 30 minute dissertation today on the live announcer feed about how much NASA has grown and continues to grow every year. With the thousands of membership dues, entry fees and exorbitant prices to compete at nationals (X2), how was it "prohibitively expensive" to provide video feeds like in years past? I wish I could answer every question with the level of detail it would take to explain the reasoning behind that answer, but the fact remains that the event is monumentally expensive to operate because we want to provide NASA competitors with the very best possible experience available at the NASA Championships. Simply put, it will become much easier to offer the live multi-camera coverage again if we can all get an extra 5 competitors to register in our classes. I'd be happy if we could get better pre & post event coverage. Right now its just the little blurb you read in speed news one month after the fact. If NASA wants 5 more attendees in each run group then they're going to have to make the event more appealing to both potential entries and spectators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhdinyuma Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Simply put, it will become much easier to offer the live multi-camera coverage again if we can all get an extra 5 competitors to register in our classes. Unfortunately, at least for me, Nationals just feels like a modestly well attended regional event now and reducing the quality of the experience is having an effect that is exactly the opposite of that which is needed to get those extra 5 competitors in each class. Sometimes you gotta give a little to make a lot and that might mean making our National Event a loss leader. I have attended 4 of the last 5 National Championships and feel that each one has gotten progressively less exciting, with every cut in expenses being felt by a noticeable drop in the level of satisfaction I get after the event is over. Things I missed at Laguna Seca this year: No Speedcast coverage, No banquet, very few sponsors compared to the last event at Miller, very few vendors (no Hoosier!), low racer turnout for all but a few classes. There was no "Buzz" and I just never got a sense of being at "something special" From my perspective, Splitting the Championships has diminished the prestige the event deserves, reduced the level of competition, and discouraged racers from attending. If NASA can't provide a first class experience due to the cost of hosting 2 National events, then maybe it's time to give up on this experiment and return to one, high quality event we can all be proud to say we participated in. I'll still be at Buttonwillow in 2016 and maybe even Watkins Glen. I still love running with NASA and will continue to support the organization fully. I just hope that a solution can be reached before it is too late and we no longer have a goal to aspire to reach each year by doing as well as we can, against the best in the country, at our National Championships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arca_ex Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Just thought of something... how much money is being funneled into the NP01 project that will only be serving like 1% of NASA participants who actually have tens of thousands of dollars to drop on something like that? Talk about catering to a niche crowd. Nationals needs to go back to one event. And not have it at the same track every year, go through a rotation. One year West coast, one year Central, one year East coast. I agree with pretty much everything Hal said in the post above mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sperkins Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Unfortunately, at least for me, Nationals just feels like a modestly well attended regional event now and reducing the quality of the experience is having an effect that is exactly the opposite of that which is needed to get those extra 5 competitors in each class. Sometimes you gotta give a little to make a lot and that might mean making our National Event a loss leader. I have attended 4 of the last 5 National Championships and feel that each one has gotten progressively less exciting, with every cut in expenses being felt by a noticeable drop in the level of satisfaction I get after the event is over. Things I missed at Laguna Seca this year: No Speedcast coverage, No banquet, very few sponsors compared to the last event at Miller, very few vendors (no Hoosier!), low racer turnout for all but a few classes. There was no "Buzz" and I just never got a sense of being at "something special" From my perspective, Splitting the Championships has diminished the prestige the event deserves, reduced the level of competition, and discouraged racers from attending. If NASA can't provide a first class experience due to the cost of hosting 2 National events, then maybe it's time to give up on this experiment and return to one, high quality event we can all be proud to say we participated in. The greatest, most accurate thing ever posted on the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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