Hi everyone, this is my first post here after lurking for quite a while. I thought id just chuck this thought out there.
First up, I am a Rossi fan. I dont know if you would call me a "bopper", but I do like my dude to win
On the other hand, I do like Hayden, and I do hope one day that he puts it all together again and moves to the front of the pack. I also like Edwards, and dont mind watching Randy ride like a ...... maniac too. I have nearly zero time for Stoner. The dude is an absolute demon rider, and I respect him for that, but other than that, I couldnt care less. Just thought id get that out of the way
Anywho, with all this Rossi hate getting around, i thought i might put this thought into your heads. What would motorsport, maybe even more sports than just that, be like if Rossi had never become a bike racer. Mr Squiggles post about how times are going to go back to the way they use to when everyone loved each other and loved all riders equally struck a nerve with me. .... that ..... If thats what the population want, then I feel sorry for them. Maybe everyone should wear beige cardigans, and have sensible haircuts. Maybe we all should have velcro strapped shoes, all root for the same footy team and eat the same thing for dinner every night. Can you imagine 140,000 beige wearing motorcycle fans on the side of a european race track, screaming "yay everyone!!" Not real impressive huh?
Rossi, like it nor not, is not just MotoGp, he is motorsport everwhere. Can you imagine what the field would be like if he'd taken up soccer instead. It would be safe to say that the riders would be sterile helmet wearing robots, they way they used to be. The rule about riders having their helmets off on the grid was spawned during Rossi's era, to get the fans to get up close and personal with the riders. There would be almost zero waving to the camera. In days past, the thousand yard stare on the grid was what it was all about. As minute as it sounds, just that little stupid wave that they do, gets the fans that bit closer with their favourite riders. That influence has even passed into other forms including car racing. The time of the steely eyed athlete has passed, as they have to sell their brand now. Whats the best way to do that? Get in the way of the camera.
After race antics, like it or not, is here. I pity the fool that didnt giggle when Rossi ran into the porta dunny. Do you think Lorenzo would be the same dude if Rossi hadnt turned up? Not likely. From what I understand, his dad was breeding him into a stone cold racer. Then he broke away from his father and became what he is today, and that, is directly influenced by valentino rossi.
Again, like it or not, the controversy that always surrounds him (vale), is always a talking point. What the .... would you guys talk about if he wasnt racing? What is the best method to press your beige trousers? The guy is the "show", and the show will never be the same again. In 100 years when he is dead and gone, there will always be another bloke who will try to emulate him, and so he has changed the face of sport forever.
All Im saying is, that even if you ....... hate everything about him, which I know, there are a couple of people in here that do, and even if you couldnt give a crap about his world titles, you still cant deny the fact that everything that surrounds him has made life entertaining for everyone. Even if you cant stand the fact that he went and apologised to stoner, for example, you must agree that it gave you a bit of entertainment, and that, in my eyes is what life is all about.
Life without colour, would be a very ....... boring thing.....
