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Having been fortunate enough to work in it , only as a bit part player , i hasten to add, its the same as any other job in motorsports, lots of hours, lots of travel, occasional flirtings with glamour, and very hard work .
It has its shortcomings, like security , for instance , that can stop you from getting into the bar at Lommel, but cant stop someone leaving with 4 bikes in the night.. but that is just how things are over here.
No doubt it was percieved to be better back in the day , but the working conditions now are as good as you will get , its an experience to do, any team in the paddock has decent set up.
Like you said it's a lifetime experience to travel and see a lot of different people in the industry!
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when the industry formed MX TAG representing the teams and riders, it was not in the best interest of youthstream. So out of the blue, a new organization was formed (IMTA - International Motocross Team Association) which claimed that MXTag had been ineffective and had not accomplished anything of significance. These were in essence Luongo's "little green men". This new organization was quickly able to negotiate some small concessions from youthstream which helped make it seem legitimate. But who was behind IMTA? Well, one of the board members for example was Pier Carlo Bottero. Who the fuck is that? Well, it just so happens to be the dude that owns the travel agency with whom youthstream has an exclusive contract, the travel agency that the teams are required to use in order to receive their stipend. Here he is with his BFF:
In the end, MX Tag was crushed and it's champion, Gerard Valat pushed out of the international moto scene.
So does Pier Carlo Bottero own a team, or have a vested interest in the teams? Nope. So how did he end up on the board of IMTA? What about the other board members, who are they? Anyone in the Euro moto industry ever hear of Giorgio Foi or Riccardo Boschi? Do they have a vested interest in a team?
There are other strange inexplicable situations such as the presence of Youthstream in the USA. The imaginary So Cal Youthstream headquarters is run by Mario and Sergio Marini? (relatives perhaps, I speculate) No address for this headquarters can be found. The email is ysusa@youthstreamusa.com so you guys can shoot em' an email and find out what they do. That's actually a good question. Have they done anything? Any press releases, accomplishments, anything? Hmm.
How about Youthstreams' official "cooperation" with Investment Trade Bank of Russia. No disrespect here but Cooperating with Russian banks does not instill a feeling of confidence in an organization. I could be wrong. I'm sure it's totally legit. Russian banks are among those institutions sanctioned by the USA and the EU after the annexation of Crimea were they not? Just checking.
Youthstream's "director" is David Luongo, Giuseppe's son. OK, I'll give him a pass on the nepotism. Goes on everywhere.
I'm not even going to go into the whole Qatar GP discussion.
Oh yeah, when youthstream signed with FIM many years ago, it was through 2026. I think it was like a 20 year deal or something like that. Have you ever seen a contract in motorsports that lasted so long between an international federation and a private promoter? At the very least, you have to admit it is unusual. Even more unusual for a little sport like motocross, which is several levels below MotoGP, F1, WRC, etc. This too makes some people scratch their heads and go hmmm.....
These are just the publicly accessible head-scratching nuggets of information about Youthstream. Then you've got the Geoff Meyer propaganda machine, the blacklisting of critical journalists (Matthes didn't get a press pass to the USGP a few years ago) and it's hard not to see the entire thing as a giant shit show.
I'm not saying the AMA scene is perfect. I'm just trying to explain why *some" people *might* think of the MXGP circus as being reminiscent of Willy Wonka.
They do have wash bays though. Gotta give em' that.
95% of the paying public can see that all mxgp is doing is turning into a money circus. The expensive ticket prices,poor viewing due to 6ft banners everywhere. It's ending up too much like f1
So the only payment method in 2015 they accepted was cash, euros... they slipped the money into a box and i got a printed a4 with date, place, class and sum in return.. go figure
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