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IMHO, this Jason Lawrence fiasco is way overblown (fans must need the drama because the racing sucks so bad with no competition)
The punishment is way over the top and Jason should hire an attorney and challenge it. It's his lively hood and future and the AMA is overreacting by suspending him indefinitely.
Total B.S.!
The punishment is way over the top and Jason should hire an attorney and challenge it. It's his lively hood and future and the AMA is overreacting by suspending him indefinitely.
Total B.S.!
but hiring an annorney is a stupid idea
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It's also not my call.
Yes.
JLaw is young, talented and unfortunately, not in control of his life. He'll learn from a severe punishment and hopefully come back stronger than ever with something to prove.
He had plenty of chances to get his act together.
jlaw + 2 years = jwho?
I think fair would be to hit him with another 25k fine and make him enroll is some anger management or substance abuse programs. Pulling the rug out from under him isn't the right solution.
I didn't think it was fair to dock RC 25 points for a gas violation a couple years ago and them give them back to him because he whined and said he wasn't going to do anymore SX for the rest of the season if the decision wasn't overturned. No one else got points given back to them for gas violation in the past. In fact, it almost cost Reed the SX championship back in 2004. Had it been anyone BUT RC the penalty would have stood. I am certain of that.
Riders has got in fights before, riders have gotten drunk before and riders have rolled cars over before.
The AMA and others put 2 and 2 together and got 10.........sad.
It's time to go lawyer racing.
I hope he cleans up his act and pull it all together. In a sport that takes as much natural talent as dedication it would be a shame to lose a contender over some off track issues.
Pit Row
I agree with her.
Additionally, I totally think indefinite was the best he could have gotten - Straighten up quickly and get back to racing or keep slipping and we'll talk later.
The thing I'm curious about is why would a pro party with all the helmets at the track on a Friday night? There's 140 hotdogs for every 10 buns...Sorry but way back when I was that age I wanted to party where the puddin was.
1. show Lawrence that this thing is for real, and he sucks it up and comes back more motivated than he ever was to succeed, OR
2. Send the kid down the wrong path altogether and make him even more rebellious than he already is. Sometimes when people have no hope in sight, they just crash all together. The "indefinite" and not reviewing the case till the end of the 08 season, when we are only half way, is a tough one to swallow for anybody.
I hope the second one is not the case and that he uses this time to become a more mature athlete through all of this.
Jlaw is 21, any guesses how many DUI convictions this 21 year old has?
Jlaw's a walking time bomb. He goes from mess to mess, it's only a matter of time before something really dramatic happens, like someone ends up dead and Jlaw's in the midde of it. You talk about a problem for the AMA?
The AMA would be seen as knowing about Jlaws problems (the under reported ones) and doing nothing. This move by the AMA is nothing more than preemptive self protection.
Jlaw can't fight this, he doesn't have any grounds. While Jlaw's fans will see this as unfair, vindictive, and nothing more than an authoritarian move on the AMA's part, the truth is any professionally run organization doesn't think that way. They are looking at "what if" sceanerios and thinking about the organizations future. Jlaw is nothing more than a huge potential liability for the AMA.
But I don't really think the AMA should be the judge of that. They should make their judgement of Lawrence based on what he has done at their event, not things that have happened in his life away from the track or race weekend.
Looking solely what has happened at the track, he has flipped a rental car and got into a fight. Is that enough to pull a guys license? I can't really say, because I would need more details on what exactly happened in each situation.
While it is dumb that he was walking the pits at 2:00 a.m drinking it is not worth losing his career over. IMO.
Maybe he thought that walking away would make him into a punk or something, but avoiding the headache is a much better feeling than letting that energy out.
Adding up big checks is a good task to have on your plate.
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We all nominate you to take the case Pro Bono and get Jlaw his AMA Pro license reinstated
FTE, FTE, FTE!
There is only a small minority of people who want to see Jason bleed and suffer
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