Ehnat was Keeling’s vice president at the USBA who had earlier replaced Merl Mennenga as President of the ABA. A few months later he was fired by the ABA’s new management and had bitter feelings towards it. The USBA, which was in worse financial shape than the ABA by that time, was growing desperate, which may have inspired an unethical and illegal act.
The pros were given a points system just like the amateurs. A first in the Main will earn a AA pro 240 points, second 200, 160 for third and so on until sixth place would be worth 40 points. As in the amateur divisions the pros would earn rider points. The top ten pros would be determined by this points ranking.
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This was in the teeth of a general two year sag in ridership on the racing side of the industry and in the face of the popularity of BMX Freestyle, Skateboarding and the rise of Mountain Biking. To help reduce costs, the ABA ran a few selected Amateur open classes to offset, at least partially, the losses. The most successful of the Spectaculars (non-racer attendance) was the fifth round held in Phoenix, Arizona, on February 8, which drew 2,600 paying spectators. However, the cost of renting the arena and lack of entrance fees were financial expenses the ABA could not absorb. Despite the relatively low admission fee of $5.00, the venues were either empty, or seating was well below capacity. At the first event held at the Lawlor Events Centre of the University of Nevada in Reno, Nevada, only about 2,000 spectators were on hand in a facility that could seat 10,000.
There was a slump in the BMX racing market as mentioned with the growth of Freestyle, the resurgence of skateboarding siphoning off young people and the insurance crises to drain resources further. Pretty desperate times for the organizers of BMX racing, and desperate times generate desperate acts, including actions straight out of Watergate. Bicycle racing of any type was more common in Europe, where capacity crowds fill venues and racers are front-page news.
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] It seems the USBA was making most of the aggressive moves. The motivation for rivalries like this was the $2 million to $4 million in revenue yearly that BMX generated Schwinn Meridian at the time. Track operators had quite thin profit margins to work with, which perhaps made the back biting even worse since there was so little to go around.
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By 1984, the first indications of the plateauing of the popularity of BMX were seen in the flattening growth in memberships and the falling off of attendance of nationals. Some of this was caused by the growing popularity of BMX freestyle siphoning potential racers from BMX, and the beginnings of the resurgence of skateboarding, both of which exploded in popularity by 1985. Also, the vast majority of non-sponsored BMX racers stopped attending ABA events when they perceived a lack of press coverage and a lack of big name pros and amateurs they wanted to see and race against.