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Funny you mention this, I was talking with an old riding friend from the 80s earlier today and he actually said the same thing and that he would only watch the highlights and not waste his time watching the whole thing due to the BS last week.

Honda has very deep pockets. Comparatively, the AMA doesn't even have pants on, let alone pockets. And Feld have no say in this as they are a promoter, not the governing body that makes and enforces the rules. I hope Honda take this as far as they need to, to make the AMA grovel and come back with their tail between their legs and apply the correct penalties. This whole thing could have been avoided but some pompous prick with an AMA shirt didn't want to be embarrassed for missing 2 obvious infractions.

Let me get this right. It used to be a rule violation if you jumped on a red cross flag or flashing red light. Now, in the 250 class it's okay to jump on a flashing red light as long as there's no red cross flag shown. In the 450 class it's okay to jump on a red cross flag as long as a flashing red light is not shown. Did I get that correct?

Dear Honda, Please sue these flakey donkeys clown show into never never land. Signed : Almost everyone.

The lights were on for both Jo and Pierce, only Jo rolled. The cross flag was shown for Hunter, Eli and co, all jumped except Hunter.

Lewis is the only journalist who I feel like could adequately grill the decision makers on this. He needs to get all people who were involved in making this decision in front of a camera immediately and start asking questions. This is seriously insane that no penalties are being handed out. I like Pierce on a personal level and am happy for him, so this isn’t about my favorite rider not winning. It’s about consistency with the rules and fairness for all riders.

There's been a number of calls that ive seen over the years that aren't cut and dry, this situation couldn't be more clear. You dont jump on a red light, Pierce jumped on a red light... What the actual F is so hard to understand, the AMA just has to follow their rules. The rules that dont say, "Do not jump on a red light.. unless you know, you think it's ok".

It should be a full-course caution. Everybody slows to a crawl at the same time. Must hold position. Everybody goes green at the same time. You know? Like F1 Virtual Safety Car? Or any other closed course racing? This is so bush-league.

Leaked video of the AMA describing the reasoning behind the ruling.

You Prado haters are as bad as the Baby deegs defenders … probably have blue hair pink whistles and septum rings, just get over it already. Both him and eli look instantly better on KTM and chase and marchbanks look exactly as i was hoping they wouldn’t but it sure does make what Jorge and Jason (who looks better on the suzuki) did last year make total sense me!

In MN, those two would get their own statues at the capitol complex because the Sheriff had implicit biases apprehending they/them

He’s not the devil. To quote one of the show’s founding father’s: “I just don’t like the guy.”

Who cares. Matthes has adopted it and it’s his show. I was a big fan of the show when Matthes was an outsider. Now, he uses the show as a bully pulpit—which is his right to do. It’s also my right to put his ass on blast when I feel like it. 🤷‍♂️

I lost respect for Matthes a long time ago. He’s an arrogant know at all. And I honestly don’t know how he has such a huge platform.

I used to watch every episode, now not so much. He became the focal point of eveything. I don't care about his bike tests, etc. If Prado rode a Yamaha Pulp would love him.

I am wondering if journalist the correct word here...

I don't get the whole making of celebrities of people whose only achievement is reporting on other people's excellence. Other than his topics of discussion Matthes is basically some middle-aged childless dude obsessed with the sphere - whatever that is. What does 4 time world champ Prado give any shits about what nothing Matthes thinks.

I do not think he likes himself

He had a 3+1 year deal that he was a year into and between Kawi and Monster he gave up close to 2M a year. He had all the incentive in the world to make it work and the situation was still bad enough that he needed to take the financial and reputational hit required to get out. Sexton was on KTM last year, wasn’t talking to team management by the end of SX, took the first available off-ramp to avoid racing outdoors, twice. Nobody is still judging him for that. Webb quit on KTM before the end of Outdoors...