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absolutely, and it's been like that as long as I remember, won't change. It's always been a small incestuous community (industry) and it will always be. Everyone know and socialize with each other. We saw what happened when Lewis published Sexton's comments about the bike.
Same in the real world though, Fox News will keep telling it's audience what said audience wants to hear because it sells ads, pays the bill. If Fox stopped publishing only what their audience and the political police want, they'd lose audience and lose ad sales. Same everywhere but worse in a tiny industry.
I agree. I think Matthes should reach out to the others, but we can't control how he feels about it. Seems like most in the industry are just taking it as a workplace disagreement and you don't always like who you work with. It's kind of hard to argue that, but the fans are certainly looking for more answers. I also think if RC was actually good at his job it would have less impact. DB was good, RC sucked and still does and that makes it way harder for me to let it go.
The abbreviation GOAT has a new meaning when it comes to RC — Greediest of All Time
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I watched the pre race practice on YouTube and there was no commentary, just the cameras following the action. It was really nice without having all the talking heads.
I wonder if NBC broadcasters are required to take harassment training? I know we are where I work and thought it was a requirement, but maybe Elon has eliminated it…anyhow from the training I received seems like DB would’ve been better off suing NBC for this, he could also bring suits against RC and Diffy along with the unnamed NBC executive. Heck he would probably get more support from the industry then, we see all the support Rich Taylor gets for suing tracks, this would be similar…
Hieroglyphics!
That’s 10 times more than RC’s Title 24 Daytona review show. Truth over Evil.
You’re fired up on this.
Nice!
I read somewhere else that RC also was the one behind not letting Pastrana practice on the Suzuki practice track? Anyone know if there’s any truth to that? If that’s true there’s definitely a pattern forming with how RC treats people he’s threatened by
If I might add my $.02, this revelation of DB’s wasnt just a random outburst. It seems it’s been eating at him since it happened, but he was able to push it down and move on. Even with many asking him repeatedly what happened, he kept a lid on it.
But, they had to eff with him one more time. One group invited him on RDL, and it appears the other group did all they could to cock block him from any meaningful input to the show. I would guess they wanted to 86 him, but the first group didn’t want to be that big of flakes, so settled for keeping him to 3 minutes and saying absolutely no commentating on the practice session(s). That’s what pushed him over the edge, and brother did the floodgates open!
So, once again, that group shot themselves in their own foot with their hubris. At least that’s DB’s version of things.
I heard somewhere that RC is the president of the HOA where he lives. He's the guy who rejects the shrubs you want to plant in your back yard?
This is my read on the situation as well. I see him as having dealt with the workplace BS until he decided it wasn't worth it. Left and tried to move from it but when offered to come on the show again, they started back in trying to nix him so he unleashed.
Ultimately his popularity is what hurt him the most. I fear the others who are doing so well now will be a victim of their own success as well unless they completely tuck tail and let the production team walk over them while not questioning it.
Indeed,
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The commitments DB received to advance his broadcasting career came from Feld. NBC are the broadcast partners, so they call the shots. Still doesn't excuse bad behavior. Commitments mean nothing unless they are enforceable. Learned that in my first job out of college.
Wow. The more stuff comes out you really get a gauge on how much of a douche RC is.
Is there any truth to the rumor that RC paid the head security goon at Daytoner to take AC's credentials and have him thrown in jail?
At this point it wouldn’t surprise me. RC needs to get his as far as I’m concerned. Fuck that guy
If anyone needs a social media update, Leigh Diffey has now made his IG account private and is no longer followed by Blair.
These guys can’t handle the heat coming their way
Pit Row
Lol @ "beat a dead horse" when the video literally dropped on Monday.
Guess you can't call someone out for shitty behavior without wanting to boycott everything they touch. Seems like a dumb hill to die on
Like I think Kanye West is a POS and won't go to his concerts, but 808s & Heartbreak is still a jam
After all this drama, one of the main takeaways is that..
This is a learning leson for RC, Ohh man, let's see how he can bounce back, must situation also.
You know...
I was wondering why Weege wasn't the track announcer last week.
I guess we know now who was behind that. 🙃
I don't get the people who say his is just how it goes in a work setting. Are you also in favor of DEI? We should be upset that the guy who does the best job and works the hardest is getting screwed over by favoritism, by two guys who did an observably worse job at broadcasting, to the point where he had to quit because the frustration was no longer worth doing the job in whatever reduced capacity it was. And furthermore we should be angry this is happening in OUR sport, our tightknit little community. And we too were screwed over like Daniel, because we have to listen to the result every Saturday. Sure, we can mute it, but I'd rather hear insightful commentary on the sport I love by people I respect. And all this is worse in that it's tied to Bondo, the dumbfuck who can't even point out what's happening on the track. Ricky has sway with the powers that be, but he's losing all social capital. He retired almost 20 years ago and we have professional riders now who weren't even alive the last time he raced. At some point he can only be carried by his performance in the booth, and that's going to crumble against guys like Brayton and AC.
You guys remember when RC threatened to quite Supercross? Is that video floating around anywhere?
"Ricky Carmichael found out his fuel had too much lead in it from the San Diego race and was docked 25 pts. Before Atlanta, Carmichael and Suzuki held a press conference in which Carmichael threatened to quit the Supercross season and come back at Hangtown if the AMA didn't revise his penalty. Carmichael won Atlanta -- his 4th win of 2006 -- and pleaded his case to pit reporter Krista Voda as well. While the AMA's ruling was consistent with the fuel infraction, they succumbed to the scrutiny and refunded Carmichael's points, instead giving Suzuki a $20,000 fine."
A lot of you never fully processed 9/11 or Ricky dethroning MC and it shows
This still lives rent free in my head, good classic bar to bar 2006
So what's DB doing nowadays...🤪
Thank you Mrs. Carmichael
Yup, said I'm taking my ball and going home if I don't get my points back.
You should know by now that the only time Steve will have a hard opinion about something is when he got nothing to lose.
Look at how he handled the Yamaha/Deegan claim gate thing, he wanted nothing to do with that one since he is ”blue crue”.
And sure as hell, Both JT and Steve knows all the details in this one but of course JT don’t want to say anything about his employer and Steve don’t want to burn any bridges going on RDL and running his pulp privateer race again.
But if the moto media don’t want to talk about it and report it in a real way, don’t do it at all. If circulating around the subject for 15 minutes saying ”I don’t know man” and ”there is always two sides to the story” is the best they can do, just let it be then…
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Ouch
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