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It's gonna take awhile to ride this tank slapper out and some things were said that can't be taken back, but thats life. Good luck Jeff.
As many have mentioned, we all have done stupid stuff and not many of us have had those mistakes thrown out there for all to see. I can only imagine the difficulty in swallowing your pride and admitting to so many people that you screwed up, especially after trying to cover it up. We should all let it go, after all this whole thing really has no personal effect on any of us... We're just fans.
Jeff, I wish you the best of luck
The Shop
I hope everything returns back to normal for you, your family, and MCR.
"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone."
Good for Jeff to give a apology.
Let's move on....
He might be falling on the sword, but there isn't a hell of alot of blade exposed after he tossed his brother, father and their boss onto it first. Not to mention his ex-girlfriend and all the other team members who's livelihoods have been jeopardized.
Like I said, this is a start. It's not exactly the first time he's come here to say he's going to reboot his life and smarten the fuck up.
I wish no ill will toward any man or woman, and as crazy as this incident is, it certainly doesn't derserve for someone to live the rest of their life in shame.
Damage. Is done.
Pit Row
Im glad i'm not in your shoes right now...
I think without getting into detail a lot of us are aware of your troubles to some extent and I know I am far from alone in hoping to see you get back on track and in a good place. You're young and you can still do almost anything you desire with your career and life. Keep your chin up and move forward, you are capable of great things and a lot of people believe in yoy and don't wish you anything but future success.
We've been hearing for years that you were going to get your shit together, you even put your life in the lords hands. Yet it keeps getting worse, maybe it's more than you're equipped to handle by yourself. Find someone to tell you story too and I hope it all works out for you.
Jeff - obviously guilty and now admittedly guilty. At the mercy of DC and the AMA and rightfully so.
Tony - guilty of believing his son's BS story even though I'm sure he was aware of him playing with a laser several times in the recent past and still standing up for him. Went above and beyond what was necessary. At the mercy of DC and the AMA because of the inability to figure out some pretty simple stuff and know when to keep his mouth shut.
Genova - got caught in the middle of a stupid act along with an innocent and not so innocent cover up attempt. Seemed to do his best to diffuse the situation until the evidence and other facts were known. Like he said, they had another moto to get ready for and he wished he would have kept Tony more in check, appeared to try and keep Jeff in check when he got nutsy.
MA800 - probably still doing a face palm.
Mathhes - instant reporting can be a double edged sword and some of the possible ugliness from that has been exposed here.
DC - was probably lucky to not blow a gasket and have a stroke over this BS, will be doing a face palm for quite some time over this. All you guys that complain about how he handles things have no clue what he and his family have gone through to promote the sport.
Everyone does silly things, its how the fallout is dealt with that matters
Hope Mike is out there next weekend
For the record, it's not like half the people here haven't fugged up, it's just most would like to think they'd do the right thing. I've been in some bad situations and I always just cop it sweet, things usually work out when you do. People like earnest behaviour.
Now just to have the team pay the fine and a Formal PR press release from the team and Tony apologising for the way the whole incident was handled, including stating that DC and MXSports is running a drug ring, assaulted his kid, acted unprofessionally and all the other drivel that was spouted around the world.
Then it will actually look like it's been handled as an improvement.
--Jeff Alessi deliberately shines a green laser into the eyes of his brother's number one rival going back over a decade. It is Ryan Villopoto who gets the laser in the face and not any one of the other 39 riders on the line. Forget Malcom, that was long before the start of the race.
--He does this at precisely the most critical moment of the race--when the board goes sideways before the gate drops.
--He then blatantly lies about this deliberate act to anyone who will listen, even trying to drag other team members in to support his lies, while throwing his "ex" girlfriend under the bus.
--When Steve Matthes accurately reports the truth about Davey Coombs catching him red-handed, he doubles down on his lies allowing his father and team owner to back him up while he threatens violence to Matthes.
--He then spends several days using social media sites to continue to protest his innocence even after video and photographic proof show his guilt beyond any doubt whatsoever.
--A person whose true identity is unknown writes a perfectly worded press release labeled an "apology" which bears no resemblance to past writings of Jeff Alessi and posts it using Jeff Alessi's user name here on Vital MX. A press release that contains the statement, "I had no intent to harm either rider or affect their results." Right.
And now that 72 hours have passed, mostly filled with continued denials and even more bizarre accusations against the powers that be, we've got 4 pages of everyone falling all over themselves trying to sound more magnanimous then the last guy about how "we've all screwed up" and "it's time to forgive and move on" and "good for you Jeff, now you're a man."
Are you kidding me?
This is a late appology - too late. When all options were dead, and there were no other options, this was his final card. I`m not impressed. But again, I`m not the one he should appologize to. My opinion doesn`t matter in this context, but for what it`s worth, I agree with Pilotdude
Did this incident affect me personally or have an impact on my life? Nope. Jeff has to answer to those that it did and he'll have to face that music. This apology is a step in the right direction. Folks are either going to call BS or believe him and hope for the best. I'm honestly the last person that should be judging so to see him step up and own this publicly speaks volumes in my book.
You all believe what you will.
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