Danica Closer to AGR deal

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Originally Posted by indycool

Read post #142.

Remember, it's the silly season where drivers and car owners and sponsors are finding out all their options and yes, playing one another off each other for the best deal, one way or the other. Kanaan almost signed with Ganassi last year and don't you think his guys were playing with both Ganassi and AGR? IMG is a very prominent agency and has done this with golfers and tennis players and b aseball and football players. They're going to represent an auto racing client the same way.

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As AJ would say, that is quite true. But the question is, will IMG's tactics work? IHMO, they only work if there is a bidding war for an athlete and that just doesn't seem true in this case.

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Originally Posted by TURN3

I respectfully disagree with your opinion that she is playing the game well. I think she's playing it like a spoiled brat that her parents never taught her proper values. Plenty of reference here as to how true professionals "play the game".

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That depends an what game you are playing. She has certainly played the personal promotion game better than almost any athlete in recent times. As for her playing the racing game or acting like a professional, those are different stories.

Grungex, post me back when there's an eight-page thread on the pros and cons of E.J. Viso.

No, it is up to you to prove your point, else admit you're projecting your own biases onto this thread.

Indycool, maybe not Viso, but if Marco was boasting about his interest in going to NASCAR next season and visting Stewart Haas regularly, I think we'd probably be having a similar thread.

BTW, Atlanta Motor Speedway tonight, 2 cautions so far, both caused by Hornish sliding into the infield.

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Originally Posted by NickFalzone

BTW, Atlanta Motor Speedway tonight, 2 cautions so far, both caused by Hornish sliding into the infield.

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What was the stat last year? Sam Hornish Jr. had something like 12 more spins than any other driver in 2008?

My "biases?" I don't know what "biases" I'm supposed to have. I just don't thonk the fifth-place driver in points deserves all this lovin' and hatin' for eight pages on this board. .

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Originally Posted by beachbum

That depends an what game you are playing. She has certainly played the personal promotion game better than almost any athlete in recent times. As for her playing the racing game or acting like a professional, those are different stories.

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Bingo! That's why I put her at the table with Anna Kournikova and Michelle Wie. While Michelle is still a question mark, thus far, she has a lot more in common with Anna and Danica than she does, say... Tiger Woods.

What did Danica talk about when the NASCAR rumors started flying last year? How much she would impact ratings. As far as I know, she's never said a word about wanting to win the Daytona 500, the Coke 600 or the Brickyard 400. Danica's not playing the same game as Michael Schumacher or Ayrton Senna did: winning at all costs and winning is everything. Danica wants to live the glamorous life. Her game is $. That's why I said one can hate the game, but I really can't hate the player (of that game). She is what she is, she does what she does. She's not an idiot. At some level, she must know that she's not getting ALL this attention based on her merits as a racing car driver. What merits as a racing car driver? Hell, (finally) being fifth place in the points is hardly on par with winning the Indy 500 or the season championship two years in a row. People are probably going to faint if Danica even wins another race. I think she knows what her true abilities are. So why play a losing game? Why not play a game she can obviously win?

As long as she can make NASCAR money, I don't think she's going to cry herself to sleep over barely qualifying and NEVER winning a NASCAR race (in any division). Just my 2 cents.

Sincerely,

NASCAR_Warrior :D

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Originally Posted by Jag_Warrior

Since it sounds like The Danica is just dipping her toe in the water, here's where I am. If she actually starts a NASCAR or ARCA race by Daytona, I'll become NASCAR_Warrior for a month. If she starts a stock car race (ANY stock car race) and finishes in the Top 10, where there are at least 25 starters, I'll become NASCAR_Warrior for 3 months. If at anytime during 2010 she starts a NASCAR Sprint Cup race, without having to rely on owner points, I'll be NASCAR_Warrior from that point through the end of the season. If she goes full time Cup by 2011, I will become NASCAR_Warrior for the entire season.

And... if Danica wins a stock car race, ANY stock car race, I'll permanently become NASCAR_Warrior on here. I figure there's better odds that I'll go to Vegas next month with $50 in my wallet and I'll leave with $1 million in my pocket and Salma Hayek on my arm.

Folks here should look at the upside of this. The Truck series gets about 400% higher ratings than the IRL. The Nationwide Series gets about 700% higher ratings than the IRL (on Versus). Since The Danica seems to want to keep her seat warm in the IRL for awhile, maybe some of the fans in those other series might start watching some IRL races.

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DanicaFan mode on:
How long will you call yourself NASCAR_Warrior when Danica wins a Nascar event? :p

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Originally Posted by DBell

DanicaFan mode on:
How long will you call yourself NASCAR_Warrior when Danica wins a Nascar event? :p

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When? Uh... IF The Danica ever wins a Truck series, Nationwide Series or Sprint Cup Series race: I will forever more be known as NASCAR_Warrior. :D