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I helped to pay for that team to go...
https://www.mxstore.com.au/p/Team-Australia-MXoN-Kids-Supporter-Tee/MXONAUS-Y-c
That’s a long way from reality. Heaps of riders from Australia, NZ, Japan, Canada, a few South American countries.
If you do a work trip overseas do you bring along your wife/girlfriend, bag carrier, fluffer etc?
Ask the promoter why they don’t see it the same way. They carry bags of cash to the bank every year.
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If I were selected to represent my Country in something I absolutely would do it for free.
Work? What makes you think this race is about work? Sure, these are professional racers, but their “job” is to win races and titles in their respective series, and to be ambassadors for their various sponsors. But this race has nothing to do with any of that. And it ain’t for everyone.
Now, if a racer somehow has “must race the MXoN” written into their contracts, then okay, it’s part of their job. I don’t think anyone has that going on.
Should fund USA? How about the funding teams that have no money and have to fundraise all year long - Australia is lucky it has a passionate group of people here that are willing to do just that to help send our boys otherwise we couldn't afford to go.
Ask Marchbanks how much he would expect to be paid to represent his country. Then when he gives the inevitable answer of "nothing" you pack his bags for him.
The difference between recognizing the honour of being invited to represent versus the opposite.
Go sign up for the ADF and tell them, that in honor of your country, you'll do it for free.
I've made it well known I don't care for the kid, but unless he's demanding to get paid or he doesn't go (Matthes' article doesn't make that clear), I don't think asking for a win/podium bonus is all that unreasonable. US Olympic athletes get between $15k - $38k per medal – and it's a far bigger honor to be asked to represent your country at the Olympics – but no one's giving those athletes shit for not doing it for free.
Yes, but I'm not sure if the other countries have the same constraints: e.g: Star wanting 50k per bike to go, and as reported by Matthes, Donger and Lips wanting bonuses to go...
That being said, it still is pathetic that the US can't get it's shit together. The real reason is it doesn't like getting smoked...
There were zero problems going back when they won every time...
Okay Lips...
Don't you have a face injection appointment to get to?
The 'rumour' thing is an update on Matthes' part. He usually just says straight out that the Deegans want money to go.
And by the way there aren't any journalists in moto to get anyone on the phone. Plenty of 'media' but no journalists I'm afraid.
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It's not about work, it's about representing your country.
You know, patriotism?
No. And they shouldn't fund the USA. That's obscene being that it's the richest country in the world.
Matthes is stuck in the 80s with his view that the US is the biggest drawcard at the MXDN. Those days are long long long gone.
Donger goes nowhere without his fluffer Duffe...
Nah stuff em, if they need to be paid to represent their country, they probably aren’t the best representatives. I think they already get the basics taken care of, it’s only a big cost for the entourage.. it’s moto, not a ufc title fight.
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I was impressed when Beaton was running his pace on a stock 450 in front of 2/3 of the star squad. I don’t think they need to drag all the bikes over there, plenty of ways to reduce costs..
Well played sir.. 🙏
Stop with the selection process for MXoN.
Ask for a list of riders that want to go.
Start there.
Maybe we end up with some former pros for a team to send or whoever.
Only if you want to go sign here. If you don’t want to, don’t sign here and let’s move on.
Without the USA it’s just another MXGP (and yes I do understand the MXON).
Riders should not expect prize money from their federation depending on results. They should turn up with pride to represent their country.
Especially Riders that are making ( reputedly) Millions from the Sport.
Because, I really don't think any of those Millionaire riders, would make such sums, out of the Sport.
Really enjoying the jabs at Deegs in this thread but its a weird situation, racing in general is "just" a massive marketing effort, the entire ama SX/MX/SMX is just a rolling circus of parties (teams, bikes, brands) who pretend to be separate but are really all part of the same unit that use the racing series' as marketing to sell gear, bikes and various products...nothing new I know. MXDN is a separate event, where the identifying factor is a riders' country and not his team or bike or anything else (which is usually what makes all these brands pay teams/riders to be associated with them as that's their marketing). As many have stated though its more that post-MXDN if your rider happens to be on the team that won you can get some marketing out there about that but if you are part of the 99% of the field that doesn't win its just a big expensive exhibition race except the brands dont get the eyeballs on their stuff unless they're on the winning team. I kinda get it from a brand/teams perspective about renting bikes etc. but why a rider who is already a millionaire also wants more money is beyond me - they are there to represent their country and should be very keen to do so for that reason alone.
They’d make that money back just from the MXDN YouTube video.
If someone believes they’re not making money off of their channel as they claim, they’re dumb.
Is he skint? Er no, probably the richest guy in motox, fk his bonus
He either wants to represent his country and ride for pride or not
No thanks. You are there to serve your country, not yourself. Just like the Olympics.
And he is asking, if true, to get paid LIKE the Olympics.
But its Deegan so everything he does or says gets shit on.
Reminds me of a little league baseball tournament, the only true winner is the event promoters.
Only if you define winning by monetary profit. The Chamberlain trophy and the individual class bragging rights are about much more than the cheddar. Unless you don’t think so, and if that’s the case, don’t go.
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