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Deegs is just laying the groundwork for why he won't go. Not getting paid sounds better than getting beat doesn't help his market value.
Summed it up perfectly.
Wear those downvotes like they were a compliment. In these threads, it just means you're a normal minded person.
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Just curious, did the Michael Jordon, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and the rest of the Dream Team get paid for the 1992 Olympics get paid? Doucheboy wont like the answer.
34 years ago no they didn't get paid although they were allowed in as NBA pros for the first time. The athletes in the Olympics have been paid the last 20 or so years including NBA players.....so I'm not quite sure what your point is since the Olympics have been giving every athlete $10k as stipend and each country has been paying athletes for medals for years, I broke it down above. Again you are making it about Deegan not me. All the riders should be paid...The Olympics is a quasi amateur event and every athlete gets paid....MXDN is 100% professional event and nobody gets paid but the promoter.....You guys bitch about the riders not making enough money for what they do but then when the subject comes up about the MXDN and them getting paid you act like it is the worst thing in the world....Make up your mind 🤷♂️
LoL...Since you find it so funny that most folks see Deegan as being the 1st rider to demand being paid to race the MXDN...please prove your point and list all the other American riders who've demanded to be paid to race the MXDN. Good luck with that.
Deegs comes up with a different excuse every year on why he's not representing the US racing the MXDN and it's been different each time, this is in contrast to him going out of his way to wave the American flag. At this point, my opinion is the same as a lot of others ... This year, he knows he'd be considered the team capt and wants no part of getting smoked by a number of Euro 450 riders in France as that doesn't fit the bad boy image he's trying to put out there. My bet is on him finding an excuse to not go to the MXDN (again).
You are so full of crap
This has only truly been an issue in the past 24 hours since the Deegandashian’s came up with a new excuse to dodge the Euros.
It’s sure as hell not about money, the Deegandashian’s have money.
It’s one race for your country…try to get that through your thick skull.
You look dumb lying this isn’t about you trying to kiss ass protecting the Deegandashian’s.
Go way while your media guys have a popular reputation worth anything.
You're projecting and you know exactly what my point is.
Our sanctioning body has never paid our riders a salary to represent our country at the MXdN. If this little douche wants to sit home that weekend, let him. If he's so valuable to his sponsors, let them pay him.
He'll waive that flag, but only for a fee.
Haha another dipshit that thinks DonM is Maeda. Wipe the slobber from your chin, son.
Dude you've got a serious case of DDS, this is an issue that has been discussed for years, Matthes has been saying it for 10yrs..."every rider should be paid or the opportunity to be paid in a professional MX race" and somehow you have a problem with every rider getting paid to race a professional MX race....Do you spend your own money to work for free?
Yeah I'm sorry I think all riders should be paid to race a professional MX race....What if I said only the Lawerence brothers should get paid instead of every rider... this clown would probably agree to that...
"Do you spend your own money to work for free?"
Yes they do. Do you know how many schoolteachers dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies for families who can't afford to every year? My own brother has done this. This is such a tired, disproven argument.
Every one of us on this forum would have given our left nut to be able to race a dirt bike professionally.
You understand how "every rider should be paid or the opportunity to be paid in a professional MX race" and "using not getting paid as an excuse to not race" are 2 different things right?
To make your analogy more accurate...
Your brother would be buying school supplies for kids whose parents drive $80,000 cars and live in 3000 square foot houses.
Why should your brother(the riders) do that when the parents(promoter) make lots of money?
Yes and I'm only speaking on one, they are completely separate issues I think all riders should be paid at a professional race and I think riders using not getting paid as an excuse not to go is BS....two separate issues and we agree on one...
Logic doesn’t belong on vital.
Haiden is already rich. He was born that way. How much are YOU willing to pay him to represent for our country for one race?
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Well they don’t have to go, it is a choice.
Why is not in their contract? The top guys are paid a lot of money to race for a factory team for the year. Suggesting they are not paid for a particular race seems odd. Why not have an MXDN clause that ensures they are reimbursed for travel for this race just like any other race?
They are getting paid - by their teams and sponsors.
Outside of the SMX playoffs, how much do riders get from the purse money each round? Doesn’t even come close to covering the expense of racing.
No elite motorsports that I know of have a structure where the promoter/organiser pays enough in purse money to sustain the racing effort. It just doesn’t work that way.
Smokescreen deflection to cover for the Deegandashian’s latest tactic to dodge the Euros and do something for his country.
Think this a good PR move? Think fans are going to agree? Hell no
Bingo!!!!
This isn’t about money. The Deegandashian’s have money. They don’t give two shits about their country, the sport, etc.
it’s about finding a new excuse to dodge the Euros.
Counter opinion - I think multi-millionaire riders who’ve made a living from a recreational activity shouldn’t bitch about being not being paid for one race (which is optional anyway).
That's not the point....and that doesn't solve the debate on whether all riders should be paid for going regardless of who they are or where they're from...everyone should at a minimum receive a stipend for expenses from the promoter, all manufactures should have a bonus in their contracts for making the team...I have a novel idea how about the money that Infront receives from Monster to sponsor the event gets distributed equally to all the riders that are chosen to race the event...but greed won't allow that to happen...It's funny how NFL players have it in their contracts to be paid a bonus for being chosen for the Pro Bowl (many don't go but still get the bonus) and that's to play a flag football game that means zero...Do you think golfers that play in the Ryder cup do it for free? They get paid $500k. $300k of it goes to a charity of their choosing and $200k of it goes to the golfer the premise is the same as the MXDN pitting nations against each other.....How many golfers do you think would go if they didn't get paid?
“Grow the sport” but the elites of our sport have to pay to race ? Name another professional sport that their athletes do this?
Some don’t understand business is business and think everything is a charity.
To me the principle isn't that pros should be paid for this race, its that the promoter runs it for profit, and participants who drive the profit for that promoter should be a promoter expense. Pros making millions, or $10, shouldn't be expected to subsidize the promoter's bottom line. Nor should teams.
Then he can keep my flag out of the marketing for his business
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