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You might have already seen this but I had to post it. It's a long read but well worth it in my opinion, fascinating:
Part 1: Fans
Doctored ? MotoGP?s Obsession with Valentino Rossi | Trunk Talk
Part 2: Media
Doctored: MotoGP?s Obsession with Valentino Rossi ? Part 2 | Trunk Talk
Part 3 isn't up yet, but it will cover the organisers and the sport itself, should be interesting.
My favourite quote from part 1:
And from part 2:
Part 1: Fans
Doctored ? MotoGP?s Obsession with Valentino Rossi | Trunk Talk
Part 2: Media
Doctored: MotoGP?s Obsession with Valentino Rossi ? Part 2 | Trunk Talk
Part 3 isn't up yet, but it will cover the organisers and the sport itself, should be interesting.
My favourite quote from part 1:
To go back to basketball, Lebron James is, right now, clearly the best player on the planet. But to read the comments under an article about him on ESPN is a mix of love, hate and indifference. To read the comments under any MotoGP article on somewhere like Crash or MCN and it will invariably have turned into an argument about Rossi. It might be someone simply saying, ‘Nice lap by Lorenzo’. Within a few comments you will find, ‘.... Lorenzo, he’s only good because he stole Rossi’s setup’. It might be an article about Suzuki but you’ll end up with ‘Rossi could win on a Suzuki tomorrow’. It is the Godwin’s Law of MotoGP online.
And from part 2:
And finally, to my personal bugbear. Rossi is constantly referred to as a nine time world champion. Which he is. But almost every time Lorenzo is mentioned, he is the double world champion. The same for Marquez. Or Pedrosa, still searching for that first title. If Lorenzo is a double world champion, then Rossi is a seven times world champion. It is still apparent Rossi has had more success and it’s accurate. Or if Rossi is a nine time world champion, Lorenzo is a four time world champion. It’s unconscious stuff like this that plays into the whole broader problem. i
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