Mike saved me the trouble of typing up a rebuttal, but I do want to touch on some things. It's already been well-documented the lengths that Dorna went to, in order to ensure Valentino Rossi would be given what was perceived to be competitive equipment from the bike to the tires. Carmelo brokered the deal that allowed Rossi to ride a Bridgestone-shod M1 for 2008 while the other bike for the rookie Jorge Lorenzo would be forced to run Michelin's. All of that stemmed out of the mistaken belief that a good portion of Stoner's success on the Ducati GP07 was down to the Bridgestone tires. Certainly they played a role in helping the bike be more rideable for Stoner, but it was still a handful of a bike to ride...and he is the only reason that bike had the success it did. The media didn't much help matters by being completely ignorant to the reality of what the GP07 was, and that it wasn't the purported "Ducati rocketship" --well in a straight line yes-- that everyone was quick to label the bike. Rossi spent the entire summer crying about the tires, which resulted in an unprecedented deal to allow one bike to run Bridgestones. Maybe it's not a conspiracy to you, in whatever way you perceive the definition of 'conspiracy' to mean. But given Ducati was denied the ability to switch to Michelin for 2009 tells you how fraudulent the entire thing was.
Though I have to laugh because of your missive regarding the conspiracy against the Patriots, but your quick to dismiss any talk that Dorna engaged in any conspiracies because Stoner was the only one to speak up about it some of the shenanigans. Of course, being that you don't like Stoner at all, why would you see any of it as a big deal? You wouldn't because the hate you have for him, outweighs any ability you have to look at what the facts were.
