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What happened last night is not even close to ANYTHING in the rule book you posted above..
A reading comprehension class would go a long way for some of you. Maybe GuyB could negotiate a special discount code for some online classes?
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But, I'll take the bait.
I believe DeCoster said exactly what he meant to say. Marvin was racing, and had a chance to pass Dungey...so, naturally as a racer, he did...because Marvin wants another win. But, he realizes that it'll cost his teammate a championship...and KTM one as well if he carries on. Marvin Musquin did exactly what any rider for any team would have done...for the betterment of his friend & teammate to win the title, and for the team who pays him well to clinch the championship, he made it easier for Ryan Dungey to pass him. No shame at all in that. It does not make him any less of a man, or any less of a professional motocross racer. I think it took a hell of a lot of personal character to do it.
Many other teams would have given team orders, but I don't think Marvin was given any by DeCoster. I think he knew what had to be done, and he did it on his own.
As far as his legacy being tainted, that's bullshit too. Anybody with any personal integrity...which you don't seem to have the ability to discern, would think more of Marvin, not less.
Besides, who will give a shit after he wins a title or two next year?
I agree with everything you said.
I give props to everyone at KTM and Husky because over the last few weeks they have had every opportunity to race Eli rough and none of them have. Raced him hard but never anything dirty. I think that says a lot for the team managers and racers. It's been a great series.
Stick and ball sports have rules against embezzlement. Which is based on officials on the spot call if they think you flopped they penalize you on the spot and review it further and potentially receive a monetary fine
This is to ensure the integrity of the sport isn't lost!
Again this is PROFESSIONAL racing.. The integrity of the sport is lost when you blatantly see a team member pull over!
This is not a team sport! This is disgusting to see and no matter how big or small you see this issue, this is a professional sport and needs to be addressed as such!
Especially if we ever want our sport to grow and be on a bigger platform!
Here's what happened:
1. Tomac, for whatever reason, had a very sub-par night. Bad night to do so. Bad, bad, bad.
2. Marvin pulled over, against the rules, and let Dungey by to pad his points lead. Dungey now has a 9 point lead instead of a 6 point lead.
Now you will see the moon turn into cheese before you see the powers that be take any action against the obvious violation of which Musquin is guilty. They took action against Savatgy for his violation, however. Pick and choose rule enforcement is the worst of all worlds, because what it really means is there are no rules, just preference, bias, corruption, and bribery.
I would have greatly preferred seeing Musquin win the race, and see Dungey with a 6 point lead...which would still be very hard for Tomac to overcome. Then, the only thing we would be talking about today is how badly Tomac blew it.
Now I hope either one of 2 things happen in Vegas:
1. Dungey has a mechanical and is unable to finish the race and loses the championship or
2. Dungey goes down in the first turn and has to make a charge through the pack, but only charges far enough so that they end the season tied on points, and Tomac wins the championship due to his far higher number of wins as the tie breaker.
I completely understand why Musquin and KTM did what they did, but I just cannot respect it and I hope some cosmic justice occurs, because human justice will not.
3. Prearranged or fixed? Nope.
4. Offering a bribe? Nope.
5. Accepting a bribe? Nope.
The 1992 Bradshaw vs Stanton race where JMB clearly tries to undermine his own teammate by following Bradshaw. Would that have been worthy of a penalty for "fixing" the race had the circumstance resulted in a win for Bradshaw?
If Musquin had never passed Dungey would that have been a violation of the rules?
The intent of those rules is clear. Pre-arranged "fixing" of a race. If Dungey intentionally pulled over to let Musquin by and allow Tomac win the championship....yes. That could be seen as something fishy. Otherwise all's fair in love and motowars!
In professional cycling there is one guy per team who is supposed to win. His 4-5 teammates are there to block and to pull him forward, and then to let him go at the end.
In running races from sprints to the marathon there are rabbits who pull the pack out to a fast start and then step off the track, and are paid well for it.
Pit Row
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match_fixing
Fixing is losing intentionally for the big payoff on the back end. If Dungey does in fact pay Musquin hundreds of thousands then they better be real careful how that transaction occurs.
The big payoff for Musquin will come in future returns.
I'm sure Dungey will take Marvin out to dinner this week....maybe he'll wait until next week after this is all over. Maybe he'll leave a $100k tip to the server, who then turns around and buys an autographed jersey from Marvin Musquin for $100k.........
There's ways we can make this work.
I guess you weren't cheering for Dungey....and this "Pullovergate" is all the reason to up and bomb the KTM factory. I hope Trump wasn't rooting for Tomac.
NBA is determining if players resting is an illegitimate practice!
Ppl do help others yes it's true!.. but to hand deliver a fucking win on a silver platter is absolutely unacceptable!!..
If dungey had 72 SX wins and on his 73rd win musquin pulled over so said guy could break Carmichaels win record? That would be ok and Ricky would be totally happy for dungey breaking records by getting handed wins!..
Come on guy!
Pulling over is not the same as fixing or predetermining a race. Even if you could argue that Marvin intentionally pulled over, you couldn't show that it was predetermined, not to mention that if Marvin pulled over, it would be MARVIN that would be breaking the rules, and it would be MARVIN that should be punished. Yet, you wish bad luck on Dungey next week? Do you find that acceptable?
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