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Catching up on moto-pods. Somewhere along the line they were discussing Weston's situation, they believed he has an end-of-career insurance payout waiting if he wanted it.
Assuming it's a million, would you guys take it if you were him?
I kinda feel like I would. He's 26 or 27, so probably got like 4 plus years left at a good swing... getting married.
Assume he's made some reasonable money the last few years, he could walk away with this fat check. Complete guess but he maybe makes a quarter of that a year?
What say you?
Assuming it's a million, would you guys take it if you were him?
I kinda feel like I would. He's 26 or 27, so probably got like 4 plus years left at a good swing... getting married.
Assume he's made some reasonable money the last few years, he could walk away with this fat check. Complete guess but he maybe makes a quarter of that a year?
What say you?
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Yeah it's great that there out there racing but he's suffered a massive injury that easily could have been game over. The second he lines up I believe this chance goes away and it's not like he's first year.
Interesting to ponder, I'd guess he comes back. If it was me, and assuming financially I'm already ok, I think i'd be looking at how else I can get my thrills and move on.
Being honest though (if the number is a million) at 28 years-old, I take it after what he's been through. I'm not Weston, though, and that kid is obviously a much tougher son of a bitch than I.
He was so damn close to finally getting to that ultimate goal and it's not like his path was paved for him. He and his pops together used dynamite, bulldozers and a lot of their own blood and money to cut his path. His career path to where he is has got to make that decision tougher for him than most in his spot.
It's got be a hard of a pill to swallow and knowing his dad, this has to be killing him too. Louie and Weston have that moto relationship we all could only dream of having with our kids. Together they were kicked, punched, told no, chased fair races together, and did ANYTHING it fucking took to get to where they are now and then this? Fuck, I'm mad for them typing that. Fuck you moto gods, fuck you!
All in all, though, before I could make a real decision, I'd need to know everything and I'm sure if it's a million dollars they are going over it all in their heads over and over. Questions like, what's his chance of full recovery? If he can only make say a 90% recovery, how vital to racing is that 10% he's missing? Is the risk greater now than it was before to race with the injuries he's sustained even if he make a quote on quote, full recovery?
Even with all that said, I have a weird feeling that if Weston has any chance of getting back to where he was, they'd light that million dollars on fire and ride to the starting gate.
Buuut I'd say if I was speaking as a 20-30 year old I'd prob have a different opinion.. Well I guess I did have a different opinion, the fact that MX is dangerous isn't exactly a secret haha..
So like you, I'd say he comes back but I kinda hope he doesn't..
That should also give him access to nice bikes and nice tracks, and depending on the insurance policy clauses, maybe he could still ride 3 to 5 races per year from like 2021 (as a fill in for JGR, or as a marketing strategy to attract quite some lights for special events such as A1, Daytona, Hangtown, MEC, RBSR, and also for races that pay well).
Pit Row
But that said I've been fooled by a pretty girl on more than one occasion haha
As cable has said above and clearly you’ve missed it.Glamour pics of her to talk about Weston’s injury.
That’s some dirtbag shit.
Trying make that insurance money via racing is hard. Not to speak of the risk of more injuries. Maybe bank the money and take a job at Fly or something and use that interest to buff out your wage.
Do you think anything written here would have any influence?
It's purely a hypothetical about a rider for conversation on a moto-board.
As for his lady..if you have Instagram look at the timeline of photos before the crash, when it happened, and now after. From the outside looking in, she certainly seems more concerned with her vanity than him as a person. Hopefully that’s just because we’re outsiders but the internet tends to amplify people’s personalitys pretty well.
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