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Next time I'm a professional athlete and at the top of my sport for years, I better know the rules or have "people" [paid people] that do.
Honestly, I though 450cc was only a guideline not an enforced rule……….
If he does get suspended, its a good time to retire with millions, second on the all time win list and healthy.
"I think Stew is an irresponsible bonehead." + 0 = go f yourself.
" I also think he is good kid at heart."+0 = go f yourself more. He's a man, a man with a list of accomplishments longer than 10 losers like you will ever accomplish in their lifetimes. And go f yourself about what you think he's like 'at heart' Who gives a shit what a piece of crap like you thinks he's like 'at heart.'
An irresponsible bonehead, would be someone who gets drunk or stoned and goes racing, or riding, or driving and hurts or kills themselves and or others. They could also be someone who were given all kinds of talent and opportunities and threw it all away by partying, being a criminal, lazy, dumb, careless...and not giving a shit.
An irresponsible bonehead would also be a person who posted something like this thread.
James and his family have given their whole lives to this sport, trash like you hurt this sport.
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Pit Row
Poetry in motion.
How is the thread "hurting" anything?
Has anyone "officially", "credibly", said what he was busted for? The reports I've seen say amphetamines. So, everyone has assumed that means adderall. Is there any proof that adderall was what he was busted for? So many people on here claim that JS is the reason MX exists today, or at least something closely related. So, if he were busted for crack cocaine, would you all still say, "oh, crack couldn't possibly improve his performance on a motorcycle. If anything he's got to be a worse rider from it so we should just give him a pass and let him go?"
What if it is adderall but the rider was Jimmy Albertson, or hey, how about Vince Freise or Mike Alessi? If it were those guys, would you just string them up?
The moto community clamored for drug testing as a whole. Way back to the RC days, people have been making accusations about drug use, PEDs, EPO, whatever. Now that the poster child for SX is on the hot seat, they want out.
Rules are rules. The rules say no multi-cylinder engines. That probably has no bearing on who wins, but we stick to them. I'm bumfuzzled at why people can't understand that there is a price to pay when breaking the rules.
I'm also bumfuzzled why the FIM didn't just revoke his AMA license. Maybe they will when the lawsuits are settled. That would put a stop to who's got the power and why do they get to say what. The FIM is the parent organization to the AMA. They can cause the AMA to pull his license. No one without a license gets to race a SX or MX National.
Just like everyone else in his situation, HE "claimed" it was adderall.
He lost his contract driving the #22 for Penske racing and was suspended for 3 months while he attended a mandatory "Road to Recovery" rehab program. He was lucky to return to racing when a lower tier team agreed to sign him as their driver.
Even though he's driving, he's worse off now than he was before failing the drug test.
When you are involved in a situation like this, releasing records that help your case, to the public, is a confrontational move. You are essentially trying to go over the head of WADA and the FIM. That is only going to piss them off, and make things worse.
The reason we are not hearing anything from James camp is it would only make things worse for them. If we do start hearing things, that is actually a bad sign, a sign of desperation. At this point, James certainly has people advising him (legal and PR specialists in situations like this) on the way to handle it. Releasing data to the public would be suicide.
I do not believe he tried to gain an advantage. I do believe he is not the most sophisticated person, hence my conclusion. As facts become available, I might shift my view from him being irresponsible and stupid, to being a cheater. Is that better?
All that James has brought the sport, all that he had done, all the accomplishments mean nothing. Sorry, but that is the way it is. I did not make it that way. That is just the way it is. So grow up.
Your logic is analogous like arguing that a criminal should be let off the hook because he waited till he was 25 to commit a crime, but before that he was a model citizen. Again, grow up you simple child and get over your fan boy adulation of James. He is a man..yes..and he screwed up. The only thing that remains is to determine exactly how he screwed up, and how damaging the punishment will be.
After this is all said and done, I would bet that James mans up and acknowledges he was a fool, irresponsible, and stupid for not taking the time to understand the details and procedural aspects of modern drug control regulations in sport.
This is also why James can not release data to the public, as some people suggest he should do. That would essentially be trying to go over WADA's / the FIM's head and appeal to public sentiment. Basically, it is like telling a judge in a criminal case to fuck off. You can't do that. You just can't.
"All that James has brought the sport, all that he had done, all the accomplishments mean nothing. Sorry, but that is the way it is. I did not make it that way. That is just the way it is. So grow up."
That has not been determined yet. IF he has a death sentence (which I don't think will happen) it won't take away the innovation and style he brought to the sport.
I just don't see this as a Lance Armstrong situation. You do.
If I were bubba I would walk away and tell everyone to stick it.
What would FELD, FIM, AMA say if bubba didn't line up for something as stupid as Vicks Vapo Rub or adderal prescribed by his doctor... Seriously I have been saying this for awhile this isn't the Olympics, these aren't Olympic athletes THEY ARE PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES, who gives a rats ass what they do or put in their bodies????9
Just sayin
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