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And that SX photo you posted was from the press conference two days before Anaheim, about 48 hours before the race.
The issue was trying to find another sponsor to help foot the bill, which we were not able to do. We are still trying to find one if you know anyone interested in helping the Asterisk Mobile Medics out.
DC
MX Sports
I'd like to see the manufacturers step up to the plate honestly.
The payment is already sorted and the truck is fine and underway, they can clearly always use more but it seems MXSports is doing what they need to, they just didn't make a song and dance about it. Now how's about you stfu.
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And calling peelout an ass-kisser? Have you actually read some of his quotes over the years? I have no doubt that Guy B has tried to click him more than once, but was unable to do so being doubled over in laughter. The dude brings a high level of sarcasm and humor to the board most of the time.
they are also not nearly as experienced as asterisk
It's all relative
I don't get the douches, wannabes & keyboard-warriors that have an opinion; yet, they haven't been there, done that or they don't even give a shit about what's really being discussed here: immediate response and care for the typical Pro-Moto-Injury...Often affecting a privateer.
But, never-mind. Just cherry-pick some little talking point that catches your fancy...
Or...
STFU & get in on the solution.
I'm jus' sayin'...
ProZach hit on a good subject........Although it's hard to charge the same amount to RV as you would some guy breaking into the top 20 in an outdoor national.
Need a sliding scale some how.
I'll go one further.......why don't more teams join in? Like Team Suzuki , Kawasaki , Yamaha , Honda , KTM....??
Or the sponsors like Monster , Redbull , Rockstar.........maybe motosports , Parts unlimited?
The Teams pay the riders a salary , and the sponsors do to. Wouldn't it work if the teams budgeted a small percentage of their yearly costs to go towards the medical staff?
There are some really big teams , and some really big sponsors out there that have some very DEEP pockets! They SHOULD pay for ( or help pay for ) their own riders health benefits.
Second, is there something to be learned from the models used in Indy Car ? NASCAR ? MX GPs? Moto GP ? WoO ? Maybe there are some best practices to leverage from. Just a thought...
Pit Row
Yes, I know the costs are crazy for some the privateers already. But it would be a tax right off for them. I'm not sure what the top 40 pay out is in motocross.
My last idea, it's off the wall, but is there way to hire an insurence company to fit in that $130k budget, then have Astorisk bill them when they are used?
Before you post something that sounds stupid, go back and read this thread again, it will make more sense. I can think of a few SX teams that have lost their title sponsor and died quicker than quick. The medical team has financially relied on a title sponsor which has apparently died so now what do you do? DC shouldn't be flamed for asking for suggestions, I think Jeffro has the most logical suggestions so far. I am sure DC has already beat this one to a pulp, but a new title sponsor sure seems like the easiest fix.
Its costs about 10 Grand per event to have the rig there X 12 events, so about 120k for the series, correct?
DC says he is writing a check over 100 grand, so almost all the cost for the national series is being covered already.
So I don't get why the rig can only go to 3 nationals before the money runs out? Sounds like Feld, while obviously generous, may have gotten a better deal, cutting a 130K check for 18 supercross events? Somebody check my math.
That said, I am willing to donate to the AMMU now if there is a way to do it.
I'll be giving Doc Bodnar a check for 120 dollars this weekend.
However, this whole deal is one of the many reasons why our sport is a backwoods mulletfest in the eyes of the mainstream. Show me one other high profile sport where the fans are asked to contribute financially to have a medical unit at an event.
Doc Bodnar was asking for help at the riders a meeting because it has become such a struggle year-in, year-out, to keep going. If you know or see a way to help out here, or an opportunity comes up to donate or participate in a raffle or cool program, please try to do it, because they want to continue and not have to charge the athletes to make ends meet.
As for them getting a better deal from Feld, it's because they have five or six races in the SoCal area where they don't have to all fly across the country to help out. The nationals have less rounds but they are more scattered around the country.
DC
MX Sports
On another note....... didn't JLaw once give them a big check ?
http://www.justinsportsmedicine.com/
http://www.justinsportsmedicine.com/faq/
I know the goal is for the rider to never have to pay for the service.... I'm just throwing this out there as an example as how another sport does it.
Mxsports has already run a race and is only now giving Doc that assurance that he will have the money to complete the series? It seems to me there was doubt at AMMU that Mxsports would even be supporting the AMMU by the quote below.
Eddie Cassillas had this to say about it.
On his personal page he said...
I don't like when athletes get injured. That being said I love my job and the guys and gals I work with. To think that up until a week prior to the start of the Glen Helen national the Asterisk Mobile Medical Center was not going. There were some individuals who thought the cost of our team being there was too much. To that I say, perhaps Dean Wilson would have been better treated by a flagger or EMT.
The thing that makes me angry is the privateers make next to nothing for doing this series. Yet one of the few benefits they have at the track is AMMU and its value is being debated?
So what your saying MXsports and the promoters don't make enough money off the nationals to be able to support AMMU? If so then get the teams that are not supporting it to pony up, their riders benefit from it as well.
Please don't tell us costs go up, we all know that cause we see it every time we purchase a ticket or beer or we want to park our car at an event.
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