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Let Eli worry about what he does with his business and quit creating something from nothing!
Enjoy our sport of RACING!
Cheers!
A 'drink' being £20-£50-£100, depending on the favour.
A friend of mine runs a bar. He was approached by Greene King (Brewery) who wanted to win his business supplying alcohol for a four year period. Within negotiations, Greene King personally paid him £10k in exchange for giving them all of his business for four years.
That said, I don't agree with how Joey handled it recently. Just comes across whiney. One minute he says he doesn't expected anything in return and the next complaining he didn't get anything in return.
I would have very much expected something in return.
Still the right thing to do. They could never get that to "fixing the results". It was so clearly a spontaneous decision.
And if they had made an arrangement, I'd have been totally ticked off that he did it the way he did that I might have not given him anything. There is no way, besides holding up a sign saying "PASS ME NOW AND SHARE THE WEALTH" that could have looked worse.
At least Marvin acted like he missed a rut.
And if I'd been in Joey's place, I wouldn't have made any deal, and I sure wouldn't have pulled over.
If they made a deal, it's just wrong in my opinion.
Pit Row
That said, I would be surprised if Monster/Feld's legal team let the prize qualifications out without some sort of caveat.
As example, here is part of the prize qualification from the US Open Golf Tournament, with a top prize of over $3M:
"By application, the player certifies that he has not entered into and will not enter into any arrangement whereby he could have a financial interest in any other player's prize money (such as through prize- splitting or prize money "insurance")."
I have all the respect in the world for Tomac and his work ethic, but the way he handles this shows a lot about his personality and it is ugly. You all can disagree with me as much as you want, but it is just how I see it lol.
On the other hand:
“Hey Joey. Really great race tonight. Listen, I’d really like the helmet that you wore for my collection. I’ll give you 50 grand”.
When said idiot calls a pro like Joey Savatgy a "Sand Bagger".
Couple things.
1). JS17 gave up roughly 30K to let Ely pass him.
2). It is illegal to fix the outcome of a race ie. pulling over.
AMA RULEBOOK
Section A2.2 line c
"Abetting or knowingly engaging in any race in which the result is “fixed” or prearranged."
Then there' s "D" & "E".
d. "Giving, offering or promising, directly or indirectly, any bribe in any form to any person in an attempt to
circumvent AMA Pro Racing rules or procedures or to otherwise gain an advantage"
e. "Accepting or offering to accept any bribe in any form from any person in an attempt to circumvent AMA Pro
Racing rules or procedures or to otherwise gain an unfair advantage."
So there is no question it is "illegal" according to the sanctioning body they race under. But we all know it happens all the time. The rub is that Ely completely blew JS17 off. There is no clear "rule" on what to do here.
But your character will be displayed by your actions. I can see if in the last minute ET3's attorney said, "Hey you in no way can show any sign of being involved with a conspiracy to defraud Feld out of one million dollars. This would explain Ely's complete silence thereafter. But then yes, there are other ways to thank a person who just handed you the million.
Then there are those who had placed bets on SV17. how would you like to be a person who bet a grip of money on him to place where he was going to place only to see him pull over in the 2nd to the last turn?
As a fan I LOVE the drama. We need more of it. But if I were Ely I woulda made dang sure JS17 KNEW I was thankful for his gift.
"In the 2nd to the last turn your ass goes down Butch"
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