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6/19/2020 10:51am
6/19/2020 10:51am
"And when we asked about a possible Team USA consisting of Grand Prix based riders, that was a clear no go from Coombs. When I asked if the team could be Thomas Covington, Mitchell Harrison and somebody else said we want to race for Team USA, could that happen?
“No way that will happen,” Coombs told. “The AMA will not allow that to happen and if we are not sending a team of just anyone, they need to be American based, or at least our three best American riders, we won’t just grab three guys to race and no offence to Thomas or Mitchell, but that isn’t representing American motocross or supercross and I don’t see that happening and I know the AMA have already had that conversation and they don’t want it.”"
https://www.mxlarge.com/news/team-usa-and-the-mxon-1
What do you guys think? We seem to be OK with the PR "B" Teams. Do you think the riders need to be US based if they are not our best 3? I get we want to send our best, but it seems like if we had guys already over there and they don't need our financial assistance with their current teams, then why not?
I'm just more speaking to the challenges of the MXoN this year, any other year I get it.
“No way that will happen,” Coombs told. “The AMA will not allow that to happen and if we are not sending a team of just anyone, they need to be American based, or at least our three best American riders, we won’t just grab three guys to race and no offence to Thomas or Mitchell, but that isn’t representing American motocross or supercross and I don’t see that happening and I know the AMA have already had that conversation and they don’t want it.”"
https://www.mxlarge.com/news/team-usa-and-the-mxon-1
What do you guys think? We seem to be OK with the PR "B" Teams. Do you think the riders need to be US based if they are not our best 3? I get we want to send our best, but it seems like if we had guys already over there and they don't need our financial assistance with their current teams, then why not?
I'm just more speaking to the challenges of the MXoN this year, any other year I get it.
There should be some reward for representing the USA year around. There also has to be something said for a rider familiar with the Euro tracks and riders.
We should be ENCOURAGING riders to look at GPs as a viable career option, not demean them as some washed up has been for doing so.
Lastly, the USA has a built in unfair advantage, 350,000,000 citizens and an overall 3.8 million square miles.
France has a population of 67,000,000 and has about 249,000 square miles
See how that isn't fair?
If we could afford it, I'd like to see the USA broken in four (4) regions, NE, SE, NW, SW...base it on present day address for AMA Pro license....But exempt any Americans racing GPs in Europe from address requirement.
But, what do I know?
The Shop
Holding a GP in a MXON weekend with scoring points for the GP guys will be the most stupid thing ever in MXON history.
France has a population of 67,000,000 and has about 249,000 square miles"
Sounds like the Electoral College.
What’s your point
Pit Row
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