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I'll take the teams and riders that both want to go.
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X100!!!!
Boohoo they work 30 weeks a year! Lol.
They train hard for sure, and they take risks but active soldiers do way more and make peanuts. I worked at UPS as a driver and it was the worst, hardest thing I ever did and it was 50-60 hours a week 52 weeks a year and a full day was just as grueling on the body as training for moto, if not more.
So be it. I think Kawasaki USA has the budget if they wanted to spend it.
(I'm guessing)
I just wish there was some honesty in the discussion, and that honesty is that certain riders don't want to get beat on the world stage. And if you know you're probably not going to win, well, then I guess you could argue that cost and risk are not worth it. But supposedly, it was never about the money to begin with.
Whoever does go will get my support, not only for the mxon, but for the upcoming 2020 season.
Call this a crazy theory, a shitty accusation, whatever you want but if you don't think it's a possibility then you have your head in the ground.
This isn’t 1995 anymore there is way more training and cost involved.
Seem Kawasaki has priorities they want to achieve and they are focusing on that.
Heck Dungey didn’t race once I never heard bs about that.
May be unpopular opinion but racing MXDN isnt that big of a deal anymore. Choose a million dollars or race basically for free and risk ruining your upcoming supercross season(which is more important anyway).
Be thankful the talent in the USA allows us to have a damn good B team. I dont think any other country can field 2 teams at the same level as our top guys.
Youthstream can also get fucked for leveraging these teams and riders for their own gain. If you're not going to pay make the event a charity race.
Being that it is a DEEP sand track and he is heavier than most 250 pilots he wouldn’t do as well.
Good thing the majority of the other countries has a different opinion and sees others values in participating in this event.
Pit Row
Eli’s legacy- he’ll forever be remembered as the fastest guy at the time who refused to lead his country to the MXON.
Adam’s rookie season win- I don’t know what races you’ve been watching, but to say he’s a chance of winning races and TITLE in his rookie season in the big boy class is a stretch! If he’s got that kind of form, why didn’t he nail down a title in his (sixth?) year in the ‘little’ boy class??
I predict Adam’s first season to be a similar one to Savatgy’s.
Rather than try and get faster and beat EVERYONE, they'd rather not go because they may lose. Why not TRY? Try to get faster. Try to get the win. If you know your series doesn't make you faster, move to Europe and improve.
While I may get flamed by people for this, it does sometimes seem that some American riders are happy not being the fastest in the world (apart from at SX). Although from Dylan Ferrandis' response, it could also apply to him as well. I'm not taking anything away from them in terms of their skill, but where is their desire to be the best in the whole world at MX?
It’s treasonous to American motocross fans.
An embarrassment.
Biggest race weekend in the year with the largest attendance and viewers and what happens.
Race one
A Dutch guy with a big mouth in a KTM falls in the first corner gets up danders into the pits shaking himself off and gets some googles, rejoins and catches their latest bike (19 model ).
The only thing worse than getting reeled in was the bike expiring prior to getting passed
Meanwhile the guy running in front of you in the previous model stock bike has mechanical issues as well.
Next the the bike runs without any issues and gets smoked by a 17 year old Spanish kid on a 250
All this with one of the worlds best riders in the saddle ( this is not sarcasm Eli is one of the best ).
Yeah Kawasaki go ahead and take a rain check but any patriotic American who wants a new dirk bike should not be considering a company that denies its best riders an opportunity to represent their country.
Ask RJ,Ward,Bailey,dogger,O Meara any of the them what was the highlight of their career and the majority will say representing their country at MXON because when you get older your personal net worth pales into insignificance compared to what you have achieved.
Hope this latest cop out hurts Kawasaki in the pocket.
This race is about pride to ride for your country, try to beat the best in the world. Pick your best 3 available riders, tell them they can bring two people max, all pit together and that will bring the costs down. I was in Italy in 2016 and Team USA was swamped with people all wearing USA jackets/tops. No need for that many people.
Team USA draws lots of fans yes and they are they team most people look forward to seeing ride but, USA is not the center of the universe. Life will still go on if USA decide not to send a team. This coming from someone who only watches AMA, no interest in MXGP.
My two cents.
MEC is just basically a Kawasaki/Monster exhibition race for US audience compared to world wide exposure that MXON has. It's really shame that Kawasaki doesn't see that way.
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