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Good for the AMA, stand up for your riders for a change. Stewart screwed up, but this should have been resolved 6 months ago. The FIM and WADA circle jerk for months and months was "arbitrary and capricious".
And GuyB gets the award for "Scoop story of the year"..... The TMZ of the moto world?
"... Mr Stewart is disqualified from all competitions in which he participated (including the four rounds of the 2014 national Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Series) *subsequent* to the collection of the sample (12 April 2014) "
In fact, I think "arbitrary and capricious" describes it quite nicely.
Pit Row
The only thing that the FIM has proven by these actions is that their entire organization is unprofessional, disorganized and a menace to the advancement of our sport.
The FIM's actions shouldn't surprise me based upon their history of influence peddling and underhanded business practices (e.g. Luongo continued stranglehold of MXGP and manipulation of it's governing body.)
Arbitrary and Capricious means doing something according to one’s will or caprice and therefore conveying a notion of a tendency to abuse the possession of power.
In U.S this is one of the basic standards for review of appeals. Under the "arbitrary and capricious" standard, the finding of a lower court will not be disturbed unless it has no reasonable basis. When a judge makes a decision without reasonable grounds or adequate consideration of the circumstances, it is said to be arbitrary and capricious and can be invalidated by an appellate court on that ground. In other words there should be absence of a rational connection between the facts found and the choice made. There should be a clear error of judgment; an action not based upon consideration of relevant factors and so is arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion or otherwise not in accordance with law or if it was taken without observance of procedure required by law. [Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. United States EPA, 966 F.2d 1292, 1297 (9th Cir. 1992)] There is, however, no set standard for what constitutes an arbitrary and capricious decision.
I know it's been that way for a few years, was it because of the Toronto Round?
I'm sure there is a signed contract but do they add to purse money? Yep I'm sure that will get a bunch of "LOL's...
If the AMA was smart they should dump them as all this is doing is hurting an American Sport created on a cocktail napkin and raced first in the Los Angeles Coliseum.
major props to Dingman, now he has to finish the business!
Pretty proud of the AMA to write something up like that! I'm also glad to see that they think the `6 month suspension is pure bullshit!
I really hope something comes out of this mess.
WOW!! ( again )......impressive letter!
No matter what the result; I am happy to see this.
Read this....
http://motocross.transworld.net/1000020284/features/clear-channel-enter…
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