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Hats Off Started a new thread Leblanc Story: this is why AMA needs under 23 rule
10/8/2022 10:31pm The Matt LeBlanc story epitomizes why we need an under 23 rule in the AMA so badly. There are SO many older riders (above 25) still hanging around the lites class and hogging jobs that should be available to kids coming up through the ranks. Think about LeBlancs results this year, if it wasn't for the older riders he would...
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10/4/2022 3:37pm But you forgot about the part where they stop the race for a seriously injured rider. . Or did you? Clever goose
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Hats Off Added a reply to Leblanc Story: this is why AMA needs under 23 rule
10/4/2022 3:36pm Or just some more bait tomorrow and watch the rats attack each other
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10/4/2022 3:34pm I highly doubt that the USA team will be eager to head over to france to defend this on european soil. The odds that these guys are going to be "preparing for playoffs" or whatever is almost 100% And good riddance, the Mxon doesn't even pay these guys to show up hardly. The race is only really important to super...
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10/4/2022 3:31pm Who needs enemies with friend's like y'all. I've seen each and every one of you trash riders who don't perform to your expectations, complain about trivial things, fight within and make futile accusations against each other, and even make threats of violence towards each other. Honestly this site is not a good site and there are not good people here...
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10/4/2022 3:14pm Sorry I couldn't argue with Vital's best and brightest all day: just tested positive for covid for the first time I'm sure the vital community will offer me full thoughts and prayers. Who's setting up my gofundme ?
Hats Off Added a reply to Leblanc Story: this is why AMA needs under 23 rule
10/4/2022 3:14am Because watching craig ride around 20 seconds ahwad of a bunch of kids was really great racing last season
Hats Off Added a reply to Leblanc Story: this is why AMA needs under 23 rule
10/4/2022 1:51am I think its great that these older riders had to demote themselves to domestic championships or run with the big dogs in the 450s. All the names mentioned were the usual suspects who would have hung around and taken up seats. You probably wouldn't have had rides available for Geerts, vialle, lagenfelder and others early on in their careers if...
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10/4/2022 1:47am Ever heard of a guy named scott meshey? Got lapped over 6 times. How many laps down are the guys in 15th going on a SX?
Hats Off Added a reply to Leblanc Story: this is why AMA needs under 23 rule
10/4/2022 12:23am His development as an amateur was definitely through the EMX system. Please don't drag the US education system down to my level because i promise you i was home schooled since grade 5
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10/3/2022 11:45pm Excuse me sir, you tried to say I was an idiot and then make that case by presenting your own writing with some idiotic spaces. Was that your attempt to talk down to me? Diversity quotas are a very real thing for every industry and business, even though they don't exist in this particular case, the concept in effect is...
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10/3/2022 11:37pm Even the second tier rides are full with hangarounds. What is phoenix honda? Peters, smith. Now he's looking at a suzuki team that costs money to be on. Its sad but there's not even 2nd tier opportunities for some of these younger guys. Masterpool bought his own bike I think that guy is 20 years old?
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10/3/2022 11:28pm I'm not going to entertain anyone who attempts to present himself as somehow more intelligent than his adversary by dementing his own writing. I never said they couldn't be successful under 23. I said its bad for the sport when so many good riders are unable to make it to year 2 of the pro ranks after competing with a...
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10/3/2022 11:22pm I think what I've been trying to say is Leblanc could have been a successful racer, if he wasn't forced to compete with 25-30 year olds for a ride in his second year
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10/3/2022 11:16pm Look, its actually not a job. Its actually a sport, which is technically a game. They are also not "employed" by anyone. They are independent contractors conducting their own business basically just using the logos of the team. You really dont have a firm grip on laws at all and your previous post bringing sexton into it was subjective, trying...
Hats Off Added a reply to Leblanc Story: this is why AMA needs under 23 rule
10/3/2022 11:13pm What does sexton even have to do with the conversation though? He's not even a rider in question. He moved up voluntarily at an age below the proposed cap. But you can see why I'm making the case that a Leblanc shouldn't have to race his first year of SX against a 25-26 year old forkner
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10/3/2022 11:05pm First of all, I clearly articulated an answer to that question in my previous post. And "controlling production" simply alluded to the owners of the race teams. I agreed with your point, that in a totally open and free market, the business (or the one controlling production) should and does have absolute say over who he hires. But again, we're...
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10/3/2022 10:50pm Why couldn't he move up if he wanted / was ready to? Why should Jett's abnormal success be used as an example to the detriment of developing riders?
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10/3/2022 10:48pm First of all, Jett is from europe where they actually have a reapectable amatuer system that competes similar to pros. The other riders mentioned are from way different eras, notable ones with much less talent depth. The idea is not that they are inherently more deserving, its simply that the 250 class is at least somewhat a development class: hence...
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10/3/2022 10:39pm You know its interesting, LeBlancs finishes this season were basically at par with those two names. Save for hampshire pulling an overall win out of nowhere