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How can you "hate" any rider?? Get the fuck over yourself. I can see "not liking" a rider...but to say "HATE".
Wait, he wasn't 1000% thrilled that he got to "meet you"? What a dick, you should totally HATE HIM!
I hope this isn't the end of Bubbers.....I like to the guy and love it when he is "On" and not a mid pack guy.
That's not easy to do. Good riddance!
Back on subject...how would it effect your riding if you were suddenly Public Enemy #1 in some peoples minds all because you were taking a substance allegedly prescribed to you that corrected a problem that you had battled with for years. Since taking it, quite innocently, your riding suddenly improved because you could suddenly concentrate and focus like others. Then, because someone who you paid a paycheck to make sure everything outside of riding the motorcycle was cared for dropped the ball and didn't file a TUE about your medication...you are accused of being a cheater, a liar, a phony, a drug addict and that's on top of those who have an issue with the shade of your skin!
I'm quite sure things have been said to him in the pits or yelled at him by so called "fans" on the side of the track that mess with his head, and that's all on top of the potential effects of stopping taking the substance he was taking suddenly. For him to stay off the track until he is 100% ready physically, mentally and emotionally is not only the right thing to do for him as a rider, but the safest and best thing he could do as a professional in regard to other riders on the track.
If i did crime, and was at the wrong place at the wrong time and said the wrong thing, I wonder if the judge could give me a pass, when my argument was that lots of people are doing it? I doubt it. Bad luck on my part. Stupid hurts.
Pit Row
But...if the same individual that dropped the ball getting the TUE filed in time for James' medication permit dropped the ball again by neglecting to tell James or his family that IV's were a no-no...then who the hell knows if James knew what he was doing was wrong?
All this is opinion & conjecture. Nobody...especially me, knows the "why" about anything...just like everybody else here.
Example : "how would it effect your riding if you were suddenly Public Enemy #1 in some peoples minds all because you were taking a substance allegedly prescribed to you that corrected a problem that you had battled with for years."
Public enemy #1? Who is making him into an enemy? You say that he has had a problem for years......which is strange nobody ever remembered hearing about this problem until the test came back negative. If he is having a big hurdle with WADA right now......It might be because he isn't supplying them with an adequate prescription history?
Example : "Since taking it, quite innocently, your riding suddenly improved because you could suddenly concentrate and focus like others."
Innocently is determined by WADA and what the actual case shows. So assuming he is 100% innocent on the matter is still up in the air correct?
Example : "Then, because someone who you paid a paycheck to make sure everything outside of riding the motorcycle was cared for dropped the ball and didn't file a TUE about your medication...you are accused of being a cheater, a liar, a phony, a drug addict and that's on top of those who have an issue with the shade of your skin! "
Ok....I don't even know where to start with this. You and some others are passing the entire blame on " Someone else "......when James was the one taking the alleged drug? Who is to say everyone even knew he was taking it? You don't know who did or who didn't. AND " Didn't " file a TUE?.........how do you know one wasn't filed.....but just not accepted because of no previous history through a DR's prescription? And now you are bring the RACE card into it as well......all this in two sentences.
Example : "For him to stay off the track until he is 100% ready physically, mentally and emotionally is not only the right thing to do for him as a rider, but the safest and best thing he could do as a professional in regard to other riders on the track."
I agree with this part of what you wrote. But with the lack of evidence that ALL OF US have right now.....it's really easy to paint a picture here.....either positive or negative.
Things that keep getting thrown around as truth because they have been said so many times.....but not proven.......
He got busted for Adderal........do we know it was even Adderal ?
He / they forgot to file a TUE........how do we know he didn't file one and just not have it get accepted?
He has had years of prescriptions for his medical condition.........there sure seems like a lot of athletes that are all of a sudden in need of Adderal. How many other MX riders that you know of suffer from ADD? It is a lot more common than you realize. And if any of the other top guys were using it......legally.....it means they must of had an accepted TUE in place with WADA.....correct? Why would NOT ONE person ( including James ).........not know they had to file a TUE? It sounds fishy at the very least!
There are about 50 more questions that surround this entire mess....and only James and the people closet to him can answer them. Not to us.....but to WADA.....to prove his case. As far as the fans go.......he doesn't OWE us anything......but I will tell you right now that if he keeps his lips tight to the public......It WILL NOT be good.
Food for thought......look at things from both sides of the fence. Look at what REAL evidence is there. People can make up their own minds.
Only people making it a big deal are the exact same ones in every thread. Everyone I have spoke to doesn't see it as a big deal, they all said if it was testosterone, EPO or steroids then yes big deal.
If Stew gets suspended or retires he will be just fine with his numerous houses and cars, may have sell one though
It's a hot topic and very difficult to NOT discuss. We as a fan group haven't ever experienced this in our sport.....so I think a lot of us are left flapping in the wind.
I'm not a 7 hater, his out of control fanboys? Maybe.
But who can say how much his prescription medication may or may not have ever helped him be "better" then "normal? [If that is in fact the issue with him]
No one, nothing but speculation.
It might have brought him up to a "normal" level but one the other hand it may have given him a boost beyond that. Saying that your cousin's nephews sister takes it and it doesn't do a thing for her [or you for that matter] doesn't mean it may not for someone else. drugs effect different people differently.
I've taken oxy and perks for injuries many time over my life and they do little if anything for me. My wife feels "euphoric" if she takes an oxy and clearly so do many other people. Point being, drugs effect different people differently. Period.
And that's why there are rules……….
I get what you're saying, and I love to watch the guy ride and wish him a great life when he is done, but to me it's just one less guy. The sport is so stacked right now, I'm super pumped
But great riders come and go and James is another great rider that will be leaving the sport soon either way.
I was bummed when Smith, Lechein, Bailey, RC and many others retired but there is always new guys to fill their spot.
Drug Testing-
'I'm clean! You can drug test me any time and I'll pass. There are so many dirty people and a lot of politics in this industry also. I'm glad they're testing now, and it's what the sport needs. I don't like needles but I'll piss in a cup all day long'
Right ok, so Malcolm knows lots of people are dirty ( presumably drug cheats?), and it great they're testing, unless it's your brother that fails presumably?
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