To be fair, that can be a successful tactic. Take the WWF. When Vince Jr. took over, he geared the product toward casual fans and kids which pissed off older, traditional fans who didn't want to watch live action cartoons (and still continues to piss off internet smarks at this very moment).
Then in the Attitude Era, Vince Russo was writing the show for the average TV viewer at the expense of "real" fans. It worked for WWF/E because Vince is a mad genius who could sell ice to Eskimos, and they've usually avoided getting political (presidential impersonators aside, but Vince allegedly finds them HILARIOUS).
I think the difference is the maxim "give the people what they want," and NASCAR seems to think that people want a black face, any will do, on their TV. That seems to be a lot of people's approach nowadays, and ratings are telling.
To be fair, that can be a successful tactic. Take the WWF. When Vince Jr. took over, he geared the product toward casual fans and kids which pissed off older, traditional fans who didn't want to watch live action cartoons (and still continues to piss off internet smarks at this very moment).
Then in the Attitude Era, Vince Russo was writing the show for the average TV viewer at the expense of "real" fans. It worked for WWF/E because Vince is a mad genius who could sell ice to Eskimos, and they've usually avoided getting political (presidential impersonators aside, but Vince allegedly finds them HILARIOUS).
I think the difference is the maxim "give the people what they want," and NASCAR seems to think that people want a black face, any will do, on their TV. That seems to be a lot of people's approach nowadays, and ratings are telling.