There has been an ongoing rift between the teams and NASCAR. The issue mostly surrounds the money split between the teams. Recently, NASCAR spotter, Brett Griffin, expressed his thoughts on the new charter system in NASCAR.
“The team’s revenue share only exists of sharing the TV money. They don’t get to share the money from parking, concessions, tickets, or all the other revenue streams that these racetracks and our lovely sport has. That’s not fair. They should get a piece of the whole pie.”
Griffin says that some teams are not competitive and do not deserve the same amount of money as more successful teams. He commented, “If you’re competitive, I’m all for you getting money, but if you suck, I’m not.” Further mentioning, “This is now the billionaire club.”
The charter system in NASCAR was intended to regulate the number of cars allowed to compete in each race. Also to provide a guaranteed starting spot for each team that has a charter. The value of a team’s charter is based on the team’s performance.