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It's so rare to see the leader of any major (and most minor) organizations, come on and explain these things to the masses.
Also it wouldn't be surprising if SX added a similar rule.
*18yr old privateer that left High School without graduating... Go get your GED or enroll in a high school graduate program -- and then you can race"
**18yr old factory signed phenom drop out... "Go get your GED or enroll in a high school graduate program -- and then you can race"
***Joe Privateer caught using Adderal without prescription..."Banned from AMA competition for (I'm not going to guess the length)"
****Factory star caught using Adderal without prescription... "Banned from AMA competition for (I'm not going to guess the length) + Team probably terminates contract"
- Riders should attend and participate in promotional activities. This helps keep the sport healthy.
- On the GED/High School rule - lets be honest, most of the guys are going to have to work after their Dirt Bike career is over - this rule simply makes sense.
- PED rule - finally a rational approach to penalties.
- Camera rule - seems to draw a good balance between fair use by the rider/teams and the interests of others (TV)
- Criticism Rule - Just be mature about your complaints - seems reasonable to me.
The rule changes should elevate the professionalism in the sport and promote growth.
I don’t know if I’ll ever do another outdoor National, and if I do, it won’t be on a two stroke. I love 250 two strokes. They’re awesome. They’re harder to ride, sound better, are a little wild, and at times have an advantage. But I’ll say it straight up- I would do better at local races on four strokes.
So that implies they can come out of Ams and turn pro without it but they'll need it to move to 450s.
DMG did what you wanted, made their own rules and ran with it, and all the factory teams left, and the series now is a shell of what it was in the 90's and 00's,
be careful what you wish for, unless you want a series at the level of Australia or Canada, where there are maybe 2-3 paying rides in the 250 class,
However, a rule change allowing equal displacement shouldn't affect them that much? Your response's wording leads me to assume that the "OEM's preference" is referring to a heavy factory team bias. A rule change wouldn't change anything they are doing - their riders ride up the front of the pack, with a heavy TV coverage bias, on the latest 4 stroke equipment and surely (surely?) no factory rider would want to potentially hamper their results by electing to race a 2 stroke.
An equal displacement rule change would be aimed at benefiting the struggling privateer, who is looking to reduce overhead costs to attend the races. Even if they ran a fully bombed 250T, its likely their skill level isn't yet high enough to earn a factory ride yet anyway.
Now the grey area - satellite riders/up-comers performing on 2 strokes.
Is it then not up to the teams - both satellite and factory, to negotiate or determine what models their riders will race? On an extreme scale, KTM will dictate that both Coop & Marv are to ride the 450 at all times (not that I think this would even be a discussion).
However a team like Rock River, for example, may look at giving their riders the option. For them, costs are potentially lowered by allowing their riders a 2 stroke option if they chose, or continue as is on 4 stroke - no harm, no foul. Again, no one is affected, teams/riders have the ultimate say in what they ride.
The only further hiccup I can see and maybe understand is your last sentence: "to make and market the products they want to market and race against. I see this as meaning they don't want to have other models besides their premier 250f and 450s visible on track, which is kind of a double edged sword don't you think? Allowing 2 strokes would likely see an increased number of 3 brands only - KTM, Husky & Yamaha. And this could potentially be the ongoing issue with the other 3?
Pit Row
Making statement such as "Marketing themselves and their motorcycles and the races they enter are a big part of the job of being a professional racer", all whilst not allowing riders to sell their own merchandise is a bit counterintuitive don't you think? Or is it because you can't get a piece of that pie too.
You charge an entry fee to race, then you expect them to promote the tracks and series too....please. That's really having your cake and eating it too. Allowing a one minute GoPro clip and having to tag the promotion in it is just pure greed. Maybe one day you will realize the fans are there to see the riders, not the miles of advertising banners blocking the view of the track.
Most of these rules are not surprising though. Look at what has become of Loretta's. You need some serious cubic dollars to even think of that Moto trip.
DC has offered up the same excuse for not allowing equivalency for years now. It's really getting tedious , and, to be quite frank, it's sad that he is under the thumb of the manufacturers. It must be difficult for him, but, I'd love to see him reduce the foxes control of the hen house.....
No factory would pull out - they'd be shooting themselves in their balls if they did so. But, if any did, well, so long, farewell, and goodbye - well, f**k off, to be crude.
And, it's pretty simple that you'd have No Satellite Teams running 2Ts, if the manufacturer that was in partnership with them, that made 2Ts, said No 2ts.
As many have said, it just might help privateers.
But, even then, there would not be many 2Ts out there ( and no, jumping on that point to stop equivalency is just a pathetic arguement that some resort to) 4Ts are so far from being XRs/ TTs/DRs etc. They are weapons, not foo foo bikes. And, dealer support is still very much a thing that manufacturers control. Simply put, even at dealer support level, a manufacture that offers 'race price deal's, will support what they want to 'push'.
It is just about removing a piss poor rule, that has ceased to have any validity, for well, well over a decade now - well, it really never had validity. It reduces the top level(s) of our Sport, to a sheltered workshop charade.
Gotta love a nanny state!
Gotta go to school to race that dirt bike!
Gotta be 18 to join the military and 21 to drink alcohol, seems appropriate to have age restrictions in a the class to make a living and force a guy into a class where he might be able to earn a living wage!
Can’t crack on another rider? Is it ok to crack on his mom and dad?
Drug testing? Joke #4
Since they aren’t paid employees, seems like they could force you to pay them for any time demands you put on them! There are specific do’s and don’ts involved with a true subcontractor arrangement.
But I could be wrong!
They are unpaid participants in a sporting event!
If it was a job they could not be denied union rights to form a union, they would have to be paid minimum wages.....oh your saying they are subcontractors? Well then you don’t have the right to tell them what to do in that arrangement!
That's a job
As for a union, who is their employer?
Who does Ken Roczen work for?
Who does Eli Tomac work for?
Who are their employers?
Eli Tomac works for Kawasaki
Their jobs are for those companies!
Privateers work for themselves.
They are All unpaid participants in a sporting event. In fact many of them lose money doing it, the government says that if you are losing money doing something it is a hobby.
DC
Racer X
Japan?
And do you think those who do have jobs with the OEM's are going to walk out on their big fat paychecks and bonus money?
For who?
What benefit is there for them?
Careers and earning potential window is far too narrow to miss races on some strike that won't even benefit them directly.
The "haves" will not not give up for the "have nots"
That's reality
That's like saying Jamie Dimon will strike so the floor traders can make more money
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