As I have just said, I think conspiracies, particularly successful conspiracies, are less common than people think...
Here is a conspiracy theory:
DORNA revamped the penalty point system (effectively removed it) for 2016 because it involved a dispute with Rossi last year.
["And all because the two biggest names in motorcycle racing got into a spat at Sepang, and behaved like petulant brats before, during and afterward." Kropo] Let us shelve the fact Kropo and others have irresponsibly at best, with do respect, repeated this absolute baseless assessment that Marc's behavior was "petulant", based on nothing more than their hunch (or perhaps human susceptibility of Rossi poisoning many perceptions). Before the race, Marc did not behave petulant toward Rossi, during the race Marc conducted all overtaking cleanly, and after the race he defended himself from the ACTUAL violent attack Rossi perpetrated on him. When did Marc behave petulant? But for Rossi, his petulant behavior, officially sanctioned, is undisputed FACT.)
Here is another conspiracy theory:
Race Direction was revamped for 2016 because it was involved in a dispute with Rossi last year.
["Underlying this is the idea that basing rules and regulations for general application on very specific circumstances and exceptional protagonists is a bad idea." Kropo]
Here is another conspiracy theory:
According to Jorge Lorenzo and Casey Stoner, Rossi was not black flagged at Sepang because his name is too big in the sport. That is to say, contestants are not held accountable evenly, where Rossi gets preferential treatment with skewed championship implications.
