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At no time during the event , I read it like he should not be allowed to race.
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4.6 Intravenous Hydration
a. At no time during the event will a rider receive any type of
intravenous hydration unless such hydration is deemed
medically necessary by medical personnel as a result of an
emergency medical situation (e.g. heat stroke) encountered by
a rider, during, or as a result of competing in, an event,
practices, heat races or qualifying sessions that are part of an
event.
b. Once a rider receives such hydration during the meet, the rider
will not be permitted to compete in any further events at the
meet including, but not limited to, any further practice
sessions, heat races, qualifying sessions or final events
composing any event in the meet unless and until the rider is
released by the medical personnel who treats the rider for the
specific emergency medical situation at issue.
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4.6 Intravenous Hydration
a. At no time during the event will a rider receive any type of
intravenous hydration unless such hydration is deemed
medically necessary by medical personnel as a result of an
emergency medical situation (e.g. heat stroke) encountered by
a rider, during, or as a result of competing in, an event,
practices, heat races or qualifying sessions that are part of an
event.
b. Once a rider receives such hydration during the meet, the rider
will not be permitted to compete in any further events at the
meet including, but not limited to, any further practice
sessions, heat races, qualifying sessions or final events
composing any event in the meet unless and until the rider is
released by the medical personnel who treats the rider for the
specific emergency medical situation at issue.
The Shop
Man, let's start a new business of selling saline bags and IV's at the races for privateers, have a nurse administer it and all you'll see in the pits during the morning at at riders meeting is riders with IV bags plugged into their arms
I'm gonna catch shit for this, I know, but man, the "spirit of the rule" is, you get a needle, you're done
The intent of the rule is to keep guys who overexhert themselves during competetion from getting an IV to bounce back quickly to race again that day. When a rider is sick before the event and gets treatment it really does not fall under the intent of the rule.
If he lined up for practice rode and then got an IV then by all means he would not be allowed to continue competing. Since he is not at the track and has not ridden it seems to be sort of a grey area possibly.
In talking to the Kawi guys, they were hoping RV would ride 2nd practice but he's not ready yet. Yikes...
No different than being too dehydrated to compete, which is why the rule was created in the first place
and BTW, the rule came about because a rider had what and took an IV between races?
Right, he was ill and dehydrated and decided to take a bag
If you're too ill and dehydrated, whether before moto 1 or moto 2 or practice, and you need an IV, you're too ill to race
Maybe that sounds " RV Biased "......but I don't know how else to put it.
Rider's meeting would look like an ER, with everyone there and an IV bag hanging next to them, and that's cool because it's "before" the event
That said, even if he doesn't line up tonight he will a have minimum 5 point lead for title #4 going into St Louis.
Pit Row
So, from today forward, and you're cool with this, if you go into the pits before practice, every rider can be sitting or wandering around with an IV bag plugged into their arm.
That's how you see the rule and believe the spirit of the rule to be?
Why I eat at only busy chain restaurants when on the road, I will not do "mom & pop" restaurants or restaurants that are not busy
If you're so ill you need fluid replacement by IV, it seems to reason you're too ill to race
Do you think maybe thier system is so used to what they eat at home, that any thing different throws them off? That being said, I would think guys like RV have access to the same foods he eats at home, while on the road.
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