10/27/2017 11:22 AM
Edited Date/Time: 10/27/2017 12:46 PM
peelout wrote:
you'd have to be a complete dipshit to watch anything Ronnie Mac and NOT think it was for fun/joke
peelout wrote:
you'd have to be a complete dipshit to watch anything Ronnie Mac and NOT think it was for fun/joke
Not when it's given legitimacy & exposure via RBSR.
To the casual observer that knows little about MX and already leans towards the (earned) stereotype that MXers are rednecks, what looks like a spoof to you just looks like another Brian Deegan with spike shoulder pads to the general public.
Jimmy is a good kid who is liked by everyone so nobody is gonna stomp out the niche he's carved for himself.
But there is a reason you'd never see this in any other grown up sport. It's the equivalent of a NFL sanctioned personality that endorsed steroid use & donestic violence. ESPN tried that shit with a show called PLAYMAKERS years ago. The NFL shut that shit down as fast as they could.
Ricky Bobby has short term gains and long term damage to a sports image.
Considering that moto riding areas are endangered species, I would think positive PR would be paramount to everyone.
Part of Speech: Noun
Definition: A loser, poser, lame-ass. One who talks the talk, but could never walk the walk.
One who talks shit and doesn't back it up, but rather ends up eating their shit in return. A fuckin 'tard.
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