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Dean Wilson Out of Dallas, Stuck at U.S. Border
Mar 20 2010 12:28PM
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Racer X's Steve Cox is reporting that coming back from Canada following the Toronto Supercross, Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki's Dean Wilson ran into some immigration problems. Supposedly, he waited till the end of December to sign his contract with Pro Circuit, and because he wasn't 18 and couldn't sign it legally, and he couldn't sort his paperwork out till after that. Apparently, they thought everything was done because his agent, Tony Gardea, had lawyers working on everything, so they thought everything was legit. But, as it turns out, something wasn't filed properly, so when he went to leave the country again they wouldn't let him out. As a matter of fact, the whole Wilson family is stuck back there, not just him. He's been working on it all week, and Friday morning they finally got it all done and they submitted it to the Canadian officials, and at 5:00 p.m. Friday they still hadn't had a chance to look at it yet, so they said, “Sorry, we'll look at it Monday.”
Wilson, who finished fourth in Canada and held third in the East Region rankings behind his teammate Christophe Pourcel and Rockstar Suzuki's Austin Stroupe, will probably be back on Monday or Tuesday of next week, but as for tonight’s Dallas Supercross, he's definitely not making the race.
Somebody dropped the ball and should be fired. Lawyer or Agent?
That's the end.
The litigeous US model would have Tony suing the legal team on behalf of Dean and the foundation for the "legal action" would be the loss of income Dean "potentially" suffered due to his inability to "work - perform - compete -"
It's not about the money, though. This is out of anyone's control and it's crushing a pretty even-tempered kid.
Just shake it off, Dean. It's now "water under the bridge".
Dean Wilson ROCKS! Tony Gardea, not so much.
The Shop
Are there new laws?
I am not trying to throw anyone under the bus here, but people hire people to get things done, and done before it becomes a problem.
This became a problem, and as far as I can tell, with rules and laws that have not changed in the last few months.
Someone dropped the ball, and because of that, put a rider in a bad position with his job, his title contention and I am sure he has a bonus package contingent upon his series overall finish.
This kid could have very well lost tens of thousands of dollars in this fiasco, and to blame existant and unchanged (that I am aware of) immigration laws doesn't seem the proper place to direct blame
Hate that fucker
You can blame who ever was supposed to take care of all the paper work.
Pit Row
How about a little common sense.
Let's make the Canadian border air-tight so nobody notices the porosity of the Mexican disaster.
Gettin' it done.
Someone had a job to get done and didn't do it. Apparently with 3 months to do it in.
You're fired!
Ignore the fact that someone dropped the ball, just blame the Mexicans
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