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The AMA is affiliated to the FIM. So saying go back to the AMA running SX will not get rid of the FIM. It might get some decisions made more locally but ultimately you still play by their rules as you always have done.
Can you imagine an MXDN with no common rules? Everyone would ride different bikes, different drugs allowed, different fuel, different noise etc etc. It would be impossible. The sport as a whole would suffer.
The Wada code has precisely and clearly specified that a violation for this substance (amphetamine) defaults to two years and cannot be reduced to less than a year for the many years it has governed SX. There has never been any ambiguity about that.
And the only reason for people to be surprised is ignorance of that. It was entirely predictable, certain, and could have been worse (and would have been if he had not been able to prove he was using it therapeutically and not for a competitive reason).
I have zero trust in the FIM motocross committee to have any integrity whatsoever, but the FIM disciplinary committees that dealt with this did not do anything out of the ordinary. He probably would have had a year only if he hadn't kept racing During the summer.
Then the FIM steps in and actually acts the part of a sanctioning body and enforces the rules that everybody agreed to.
So now everybody wants the AMA back? What a joke.
Rules are rules and if they only apply to some and not others, then there's no point in having them or anybody to enforce them. Of course for a series that's used to having the manufacturers and sponsors be able to change or ignore them at will, it's no surprise that people get upset when they actually get applied fairly.
Politics creep into every thing and people assume someone has power over them.
Also just a note, when trying to make an intelligent point or response, it's best to have at least some shred of spelling and grammar. My 12 year old brother could have formulated a better paragraph than that.
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Some characters in this place are so predictable.
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Feld brought FIM in direct. They're not leaving any time soon, not without the mother of all court battles. Any why would they want to drop it, it's a world title. Sounds better for them.
And could the AMA officiate a root in a brothel? Probably not.
*But, he presumably did sign forms at various points saying he was subject to WADA testing and rules, and it was his and his teams responsibility to understand and follow those rules.
The problem with the AMA is that for a long time the AMA series has been the coverted series ! By Riders and Fans and the FIM MXGP not so much. So there is political will involved.
Is it just coincidental that before FIM was involved with AMA they where strong and FIM MXGP was weak? Since they have been involved the AMA the AMA series has lost ground to the MXGP series ? Make one wonder.
MXGP had a problem of rider leaving and wanting to leave and go to the more prestigious AMA series - Big problem for FIM.
Now that FIM are involved with AMA its the otherway round - Go figure. RV has gone the other way round - Herling is staying in MXGP. So it is in the FIM's interest financially and other wise to have a rider like James Stewart banned from racing becuase is strenghtens their own cause. That is the exact problem with FIM overuling AMA. Whether JS banning was right or wrong does not matter. The point is their board that decides these matter cannot have an un biased rulling on AMA becuase decisions they make directly impacts their own jobs. So if FIM impact the AMA series by banning one of it draw card to the series people will think they are doing it on purpose wether they are or not is irelevant and for that reason alone they should not rule in AMA !
IMO take the FIM out of AMA will make the AMA better - The reverse has alread been proven.
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