TV Ratings Concerns

Been reading here and there that TV ratings are down or stagnate.

NASCAR took off as they changed their format, but now we're comparing ratings today to the hyper-growth period of growth then. Then again, they are also leaving behind their hard core fans by favoring newer tracks and walking away from the tracks that made it's storied history.

I think the best thing for the ratings, is when drivers go at each other, well, let them.
Whether NASCAR likes the image or not, drama and controversy brings the attention and the money.

Remember Harvick and Biffle at Bristol.
Gordon and Kenseth? (Hmm, at Bristol again)
And Stewart? (Too tracks to note here)
Remember when Jimmy Spencer decked Kurt Busch in his car? I became a Spencer fan, bought a diecast of his, and also bought a Kurt Busch diecast that I promptly tied to the back of my truck and dragged down the street. (Unfortunately, the aero on the damn diecast was pretty good and it stayed wheels down for most of the drive.)

These and many others are continual highlights on various shows openings or what not.
If we let the drivers "police" themselves, there would be less wrecks on the track also, as the newer drivers trying to emulate Earnhardt Sr would use more precaution knowing they were going to "get a lecture" after the race.

Well, it's just a thought off the cuff.