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Well there you go, the answer is blowing in the wind.
McAdoo needs to get through an entire season before moving up.
He's fast, intense, and 100% goes for it. But, I do not want to watch him crash at a higher speed.
My vote is for Marchbanks on a 2 year deal.
Or, give it to Broc Tickle.
Tickle's going to be 36 next month, and he hasn't raced a full season since 2020. Marchbanks makes the most sense, but stewie puts up a pretty good argument for Levi as well.
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I didn't know that Broc is 35, but if I remember correctly, he did pretty well last time he raced a national.
I'd like to see Marchbanks get the spot. I think he deserves it, and would do very well.
Will Garrett be tied into in PC contract and have to wear the Bell/Fox/Scott set up or will he be able to get gear money elsewhere if he’s riding for them for the full year?
What would you do to improve it?
I think Mitch said on Pulp a few weeks ago that the Marchbanks thing was talked about but isn’t happening now? In the same episode Phil was saying his advice to Garrett was to get a more secure deal than a one year deal when moving up to 450s? Wonder if that’s what was offered and he’s listening to Phil
How many crashes, and how many season finishes?
I’m guessing a multi year commitment
Seth has 3 wins and 10 podiums
His unfortunate propensity for getting injured (which has been due to bike failures a couple of times, iirc) has unfortunately become his reputation. When he's healthy, he really is a great SX rider. For a couple of years, he was a pretty clear #2 to Jett in the 250 class, and he had a pretty solid shot at the title in '24 before he had the run-in with Kitchen.
Have it like every other sport, where once a deal is signed, it's public knowledge. I understand the issue here is many deals are signed during the season, so the team that the rider will be leaving wouldn't like that information to come out mid-season. If that's such a big problem, hold off contract negotiations until after the season has ended. It's just such a dumb process to have every valid media guy to say "rider x is going to team y", but the riders aren't allowed to speak on it, we act like they haven't ridden the bike, and we wait until like a month + now after the season ends until we get the official press release. They treat us like we're stupid or something.
Maybe. I thought the same about Lucas Coenen a year ago and he adapted very well to it. Maybe McAdoo can do the same...
Legitimate question here, who cares? Not trying to be trite or dismissive of you question, but Kawasaki seems to run a guy they think can win, and a second tier rider. What is the role of the second tier rider? If he's not expected to win championships, what is he expected to do? I don't know the answer with any certainty. Marketing, get the logo out there? That's my assumption. So is being in every spectacular crash highlight reel a bad thing, or a good thing?
I agree with a lot of what you're saying. Maybe it's energy drink related as riders on B teams seem to get announced whenever. Plus, for example, if we knew Sexton had rode the Kawi mid-season, he'd only get questioned about the Kawi and nothing else.
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It sucks to wait, but the way things are now makes sense.
As long as an athlete is being paid by company A, they need to be promoting company A. Promoting company B before their contract with company A expires is unethical. Company A paid for that time and exposure.
Tomac is a good example. We heard he was going to Ktm months ago, but he continued to ride his best for Yamaha to the very end of his contract, and I haven't heard anything from him about anything other than Yamaha. Even though we know he's going to Ktm, there was so little out of his mouth about it, that a rumor was able to get started last week that he might be going to Kawasaki. The focus rightly remained on Yamaha up until now.
Since we haven't seen a press release about him parting ways with Yamaha, I imagine his contract with Star may not have ended yet, but they're letting him get a head start with Ktm as long as he keeps it quiet until the contract ends.
It's easy to forget that racing usually comes out of a company's marketing budget.
I think the 450 will smooth Cameron out. I would really like to see him get this shot.
He'd go balls out for sure.
He has before...literally!
Deegan Trolling or 450SX incoming? 3 Min Mark
What I got from that is he’s racing east 250 sx to get as many 250 titles as he can before he moves up , i wonder if he races the 450 on the west.
I doubt it. Unless they can finesse Feld to pay them 1M to show up on a 450 😂
Is Husky still running with RJ and Malcom for 2026?
Yes
No rider's union + no CBA = No incentive to share contract details or follow any sort of process.
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