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Block me. Like Millville, where JT believed he had to be talking with people about other rides, I believe he talks to a lot of riders, fans, AND team managers. Overtly shopping for rides? No, he’s there to see his moto bros and is a genuine fan. Talking? Of course why not while you are there.
Chase is the most likely American to race GP's since Ryno imo, would be super cool.
Cool to see an American rider visiting MXGP, even if it is just to watch. Onya Chase.
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The incentive is you get out of paying millions of dollars to someone who is making you miserable and not getting you the results you were planning on when you agreed to pay him that much money, and all it costs you is a little bad press.
On one hand you take a PR hit for letting a guy out of his contract for the second year in a row, on the other hand you take a continued PR hit from a top rider hating your bike and under performing on it. Both bad options, but one is way more expensive than the other.
At the end of the day there will be a few people who really don't want to take the ego/PR hit, but there will be far more people at the table who are just looking at the bottom line and are going to be happy to sign off on some agreed upon separation, just like they did with prado. The calculation doesn't drastically change just because it's happening for a second time.
I know this is a bit nit picky but the guy is paid by Kawasaki to race, when he can't race due to injury, he wears a white shirt and not a Kawasaki one ?
https://www.facebook.com/gatedropmx/posts/-chase-sexton-jeffrey-herling…
Maybe he likes watching racing?
Any Sexton thread is a huge WOT, time spent you will never get back.
Guy has his first real off season and travels to go see a good friend. It’s not that serious.
Chase may hate the Kawasaki and be a prima donna, but he ain’t leaving the states just yet.
You might as well believe the world is flat....the guy just had ACL surgery he's not testing or riding any bike until at least mid October....how you guys fall for this clickbait garbage is beyond me....and on top of that a Brazilian publication lol! Come on man looks like Facebook got you....
that's not incentive and he's not a top rider anymore- he's damaged goods until proven otherwise. A better descriptor is letting the inmates run the asylum. Chase has no power here and no cards to play. If I'm Kawi Braintrust, I make it clear to him he needs to get his Dr's clearance when he's recovered enough to ride and show up for work. Stay off socials, no leaked comments, and leave your Daddy at home as he's banned from all interaction with the team and facilities. Get on that new 2027 and show he can at least beat Marchbanks with equal personalization of their bikes.
Otherwise he rides the bench until his contract expires. Time for tough love and maybe retirement.
Well said! I couldn't agree more.
He's getting paid a shit ton of money to race a very capable factory bike. Grow up, leave daddy at home and do your job!
Btw, I'm not huge Deegan fan, but did you see how he responded when he was asked about his bikes set up last week? Said it was his fault not the team, and it was his job to get it right. But they're working on it. I'm paraphrasing here.
That's a professional answer. Take some responsibility and don't throw the team under the bus! Chase should do the same.
Sexton made it clear he isn’t going to mxgp in the big Lew interview, however it would be cool to see an American go over that could podium and win races.
Yep I agree, for the first time it happened. If the same thing happens twice - now Kawasaki contracts aren’t worth the paper they’re written on because every rider will think Kawi will roll over at the first hint the rider isn’t happy.
If I were Kawi USA I’d be ok with Chase leaving, but it’s gonna cost him a pretty penny.
Also, if I were KHI I’d be cleaning house at Kawi USA to ensure this clusterfuck never happened again.
Yeah right...
I imagine the conversation like this
Antii: "Chase do you recall the bike you currently dislike at home?"
Chase: "Yeah..."
Antii: "Welp, we got it here too. With unobtanium bling on it."
Chase: "I see..."
Antii: "Would you like to spend next year in Lommel while doing 20 weekends abroad on it. Plus 6 weeks of dutch nationals."
Chase: "...."
Antii: "oh yeah and dont forget to bring your own money because we ain't paying you for shit."
Chase
Your argument is that they won't let him leave and instead will continue paying him millions because he's no longer a top rider, washed up, damaged goods, etc..... think about that for a second. Putting a bunch of demands on him outside of what he's contracted for also not an option.
I never made any such argument. Your comments all seem to come from the perspective of the rider/employee only and are oblivious to rights the other party/employer has under their contract. NONE of us has seen it either, but in any contract each side agrees to certain conditions and obligations. The obvious here is Chase agreed to receive X amount of $ over a specified period of years to ride & race and everything that involves and likely some PR on behalf of Kawasaki. Remember the Hawaii photo shoot announcing him joining the team? Kawasaki agreed to pay him X over the same time frame for performing a list of duties for them related to racing and promoting the brand. That likely includes injury protection too to still get paid if he's hurt working for them. None of us knows if there are escape clauses or early termination penalties, etc. for ending the contract before it's agreed length of service. There may be non-performance clauses or arbitration - who knows?
You can bet Chase doesn't have a get out of jail free clause simply because the bike never "felt" right no matter how many different setups he tried (even changed a WINNING set up for no reason to keep searching for the feels) and it's perfectly legitimate and legal for Kawasaki to expect him to fulfill his signed contract even if he wanted to leave early for any reason. He hasn't said so that I know of but people speculating here that will happen any minute aren't accepting the reality that pushes back against that option. A contract is a contract and neither side is allowed to unilaterally decide to end it early without just cause and agreement from the other party.
My argument is I don't see any logical substantial reason Kawasaki would agree to that and would expect him to fulfill his obligation before moving on.
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Profesh , u ride Joliet mx?
I got there a lot!!
No I was just there that day, looks cool though. Next yr I want to race Midwest vintage, most tracks r in IL. & Indiana . For my 5-6 days off I,ll. Be looking for a track to ride b4 the races. So maybe or Byron or ? 5 of my 7 broken ribs r still separated from 6-27, dam ribs got to heal.
Conspiracy MFs are going to watch this and be like, “he says he’s learning things, that must mean he’s there to learn what it’s like to race in MXGP to prepare for next season” 🥴
Malin asked him, along the lines of,have you had a chance to walk around the paddock to speak to the riders and things like that
His reply, urmm, O look at guiser catching up,
Make of that what you want, but he either swerved it, or forgot to comment
Anyone that walks away from a big money deal, has already made wealth for multiple generations. The list of guys who retire from moto truly never having to work again isn't very big.
I just watched the 2nd Netherlands MXGP moto with Chase Sexton adding commentary to Paul Malin's race call and I would say this.
"Ahhhhhh yeah, so yeah, Chase once you are healed up, ah yeah, don't quit your, ah day job"
This was a damn fine interview. Can we get this lady a job at NBC!!
After watching todays race im 100% sure Chase dont want any of that.
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