KYLE BUSCH - Outburst or Observation - An OPINION

After the winning the Bristol race, Kyle Busch stated his mind and that is a refreshing perspective after hearing so many company line minded interviews. In Professional Bowling, we have rules that state unequivocally that participants will not say bad things about the lane conditions, bowling alley, etc.. I suspect other sports may have similar rules, or that players just want to keep sponsors and hosts happy by making everything rosy and bright.

You hear it all the time in pre-race interviews. There always seems to be 43 drivers who can win the race. I don’t think they’re going to disappoint their sponsors by saying their cars are crap, are they?

We know the language rules are not NASCAR rules, but then who is it on to delay the broadcast so things can be caught? NASCAR, to stipulate in their TV contracts? The stations broadcasting? The driver speaking? This is more or less a team effort between all three.

With NASCAR constantly capping the emotional outbursts that sometimes brings the fans into the sport, we need some excitement, but the excitement is being “fined” right out of the sport as behavior deemed inappropriate for NASCAR. This wave of oversight didn’t really become prevalent until the big time TV contracts came about, so who’s really behind that. Is NASCAR toeing the line for the media?

Busch gets paid well because he has talent that can expose the sponsor on a weekly schedule to the television audience. I think speaking his mind is his right unless it starts hurting the sponsor and or the sport. If anything, it made media. It’s a new car design. People will be adjusting all over the CUP series and we now have a better perspective on the drivers adjustment to the “flying brick”. Yes, Busch could have been more constructive, but every now and then, we still see shards of his youthful enthusiasm show through.