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I saw this post in another thread by a member here called " RangerLee ". Lee.....I hope I don't embarrass you too much , but your post was so good and so full of pride I think others should have a chance to read and reply to it. And by the way Ranger Lee , thank you for your service!
RangerLee wrote:
I hope I can put in to words properly to state how I feel.
6 days a week in Regiment, up earlier then anyone, training, all day. One of those days we will play a sport, usually football, soccer or basketball. The other days, PT first thing, then Tactical maneuvers, force marches, more maneuvers. Through rifle training. It is tiring, and there was not a season for it.
I wish I could have called of a deployment, I trained so hard, I just do not feel like going to Iraq for months to fight, I need a break.
Instead, take that training, that thing that made my buddies and me good at our jobs and put them to use.
These great motorcycle racers have had great opportunity, all of them from every country, but I am speaking about the Americans this time. They had great opportunity, some to home school, so they could ride and train during the day. Sponsors at an early age to help with racing through the early years. Finally make decent money racing professionally. Something they may not have had growing up somewhere else, at least not at the level they have it now.
They have fans that pay alot of money to see them race. Fans that work their ass off, ride in their spare time and live vicariously through the pro races.
I wonder if the sense of pride the US team used to feel is gone for many of the riders. Yes you raced supercross, and then the outdoors. Now, just a few weeks at the end of the outdoors just one more race, for the Country, for the population that supported you the whole year and will continue to support you. If that pride for racing for the name on the front of the jersey returns, and overtakes the pride of racing for the name on the back, then we will see less riders wanting to stay home.
RangerLee wrote:
I hope I can put in to words properly to state how I feel.
6 days a week in Regiment, up earlier then anyone, training, all day. One of those days we will play a sport, usually football, soccer or basketball. The other days, PT first thing, then Tactical maneuvers, force marches, more maneuvers. Through rifle training. It is tiring, and there was not a season for it.
I wish I could have called of a deployment, I trained so hard, I just do not feel like going to Iraq for months to fight, I need a break.
Instead, take that training, that thing that made my buddies and me good at our jobs and put them to use.
These great motorcycle racers have had great opportunity, all of them from every country, but I am speaking about the Americans this time. They had great opportunity, some to home school, so they could ride and train during the day. Sponsors at an early age to help with racing through the early years. Finally make decent money racing professionally. Something they may not have had growing up somewhere else, at least not at the level they have it now.
They have fans that pay alot of money to see them race. Fans that work their ass off, ride in their spare time and live vicariously through the pro races.
I wonder if the sense of pride the US team used to feel is gone for many of the riders. Yes you raced supercross, and then the outdoors. Now, just a few weeks at the end of the outdoors just one more race, for the Country, for the population that supported you the whole year and will continue to support you. If that pride for racing for the name on the front of the jersey returns, and overtakes the pride of racing for the name on the back, then we will see less riders wanting to stay home.
Hey, I was the guy yellin USA louder than anyone at Budds desNations.
That being said, don't forget, that guy above, being able to say what he believed, no matter how unpopular,
is one of the greatest things about this country.
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While everyone is doing it for the "Love of the Sport" someone else is going to the bank on it.
People need to back off the riders a bit and just enjoy the ride.
I just dont understand how racing a dirtbike or competing in any other sport has anything to do anything other then enjoying the spirit of competition
If you were truly proud of your nation, you wouldnt need that nation to prove itself to other nations. why would you? Hiw can you be more proud than proud?
should i be more proud if we win...and less proud if we lose?
you can equte sports to whatever you want, but the only test of a nation is how the people within it treat eachother, not whether they compete in sports or how well they do in said sports.
so, i don't think MXoN or the Olympics are meaningless, I just think they are meaningless in reference to national pride.
I wouldn't deploy to Iraq or Afghanistan for free, so I wouldn't expect them to race for free in foreign country. Again, I am not sure if/how much they get paid for this race. They don't get much of an off season break though.
I do wish the top guys would do this race, but I also understand why they don't want to. Making a comparison with atheletes and Service Members is incorrect in my opinion. Before I get flamed, I would like to state that I am active duty Army with 12 1/2 years in so far.
This isn't about winning or losing, it's about selflessly representing your country and setting aside money, politics and other considerations.
It's also a reminder that, while professional sports people do sacrifice a lot, there are many more people in the world who work harder and sacrifice more, not for the glory and reward of sporting success but for more mundane and probably more noble reasons like defending the quality of life of others, providing essential services or even something as basic as putting food on the table.
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I hope they get the nod for next year as they absolutely deserve it,as I'm sure others will be falling over themselves to do it and too tired or burnt out won't come into play
It is getting very hard not to get political in this one.
I believe that is Steve Bruhn, better known as TFS, The Factory Spectator.
It's been quite awhile, but I remember him hauling a 400 Enduro to the races for awhile.
He pulled it out and jumped I think Laroccos Leap one time.
GuyB would know, he was around then.
Thing is, if this is him, I took it as an argument against his beliefs, which many, myself included, strongly disagreed with.
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