Rossi Retirement Contract

Yamaha: OK you will have what ever you want .

Rossi 9th championship and Lorenzo team manager's leaving mean Lorenzo project starts to colapse. Lorenzo is the next Biaggi.



<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jumkie @ Dec 22 2009, 02:33 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>LINK

Anybody want to guess what the negotiations will sound like?

Rossi: I want an insane amount of money and get rid of anybody who will look as good as me on near equal equipment—it doesn't work for my god status; less you forget I have many people convinced that I brought Yamaha out of the wilderness (regardless of the real truth) or I will pretend to court Ducati (like Lorenzo did, who we know nobody in their right mind would go to that impossible machine until the enigma is unlocked, but they serve a good leverage to increase the final figure in my contract.)

Portions of the above post are tongue and cheek…sorta.

ha i bet horney's all ready pissed off

Yam = we cant talk yet horney until vale is sorted

Horney = wtf I'm better ---------better --------better er .... it

Life time or retirement contract will not work for Rossi. I do not think he is a kind of guy who wants to commit himself to such deal. Even Schumacher is about to move to Mercedes although he and Ferrari looked to be inseparable. But Yam is so desperate they will throw in everything even knowing he would leave in a couple of years, and their history with Rossi is just like the one with Honda, become not so special. Schumacher won many titles with Ferrari, but he will be a Mercedes man if he returns to F1. Throwing too much money to one guy even Rossi for the deal which is not going to work is plain stupid. Especially, Yam is a wrack. They cannot waste any penny. It can be costly decision.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (nghiemlong @ Dec 22 2009, 12:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Yamaha: OK you will have what ever you want .

Rossi 9th championship and Lorenzo team manager's leaving mean Lorenzo project starts to colapse. Lorenzo is the next Biaggi.


Yup - well let's just hope the retirement doesn't come for a couple (or more) seasons - ONE THING is for sure - if you like Rossi or not (and I think he is the absolute GOAT) he is the one polarizing factor in MotoGp amongst a small group wannabees - possible exception is Stoner - as a rider - but with zero charisma and just personally flat out boring. Without Rossi - the fans and the boppers would find MotoGp even more boring than the 800's. Jorhe, Biaggi, Cretinau, Haystack, Pedrobot, Dovi and ............ have a long way to go (about 8 - 9 world titles) - if they ever make it - to light up this sport and attract the public like Rossi does. Maybe Spies will bring some ride-excitement back, but then again he has a charisma comparable with Edwards - aka the constant 5 man.
Personally - I would love to see him go to Ducati with 1000 cc - crap the electronics (Stoner will then be back to falling-off like he did better than anybody before he got his gyroscopes) and get titles 11 and 12.

Happy Christmas to all (Rossi fans and bashers alike)
Ho, Ho, Ho (unlike Tiger I'll leave it at 3)

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jumkie @ Dec 22 2009, 08:33 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Anybody want to guess what the negotiations will sound like?

Rossi: I want an insane amount of money and get rid of anybody who will look as good as me on near equal equipment—it doesn’t work for my god status; less you forget I have many people convinced that I brought Yamaha out of the wilderness (regardless of the real truth) or I will pretend to court Ducati (like Lorenzo did, who we know nobody in their right mind would go to that impossible machine until the enigma is unlocked, but they serve a good leverage to increase the final figure in my contract.)

Portions of the above post are tongue and cheek…sorta.


Given the above, and admittedly often entertaining, Jum, dude, even you gotta admit to yourself that the axe-grinding chumming/baiting posts are becoming nearly as tediously redundant as your prey's predictable effusions...

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Mick D @ Dec 22 2009, 01:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Given the above, and admittedly often entertaining, Jum, dude, even you gotta admit to yourself that the axe-grinding chumming/baiting posts are becoming nearly as tediously redundant as your prey's predictable effusions...

Not in the slightest Mick. It's the Emperors Clothing syndrome...if only these guys would lift the yellow veil and look. Unfortunately Jum is practically a lone voice in the wilderness on this subject - I think it's great that someone should dare to challenge High Priest Talpa and The Temple of Tavulia.

Ya know Spicy One, I view them as non-entities and therefore find the time and effort spent "in-the-blind" waitin' for a shot as time better spent inspecting my navel, or at least self-gratifying...

Please change the record now Jumkie, will you?

If they put in a spending cap Rossi would have to retire right away or take 25% of his present salary. His salary is probably higher than Suzuki's entire motogp budget. That it is so high is not good for Motogp at all. Now to win you have to outspend the other teams and that is killing the series.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (gsfan @ Dec 23 2009, 01:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>If they put in a spending cap Rossi would have to retire right away or take 25% of his present salary. His salary is probably higher than Suzuki's entire motogp budget. That it is so high is not good for Motogp at all. Now to win you have to outspend the other teams and that is killing the series.

"Now to win you have to outspend the other teams and that is killing the series." - That is simply BS - it's what you spend it on plus how and when - there is no way that Ducati or even Yamaha could outspend Honda. Honda has their heads up their arses and ductates to riders what is them - PLUS their current riders are not famed for their ability to provide objective feedback. I do agree with an overall reduction in spending - especially starting with the electronics and maybe restricting the number of cylinders - but restricting number of engines available for a season and number of practice sessions is dumb.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jumkie @ Dec 22 2009, 01:33 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>LINK

Anybody want to guess what the negotiations will sound like?

Rossi: I want an insane amount of money and get rid of anybody who will look as good as me on near equal equipment—it doesn’t work for my god status; less you forget I have many people convinced that I brought Yamaha out of the wilderness (regardless of the real truth) or I will pretend to court Ducati (like Lorenzo did, who we know nobody in their right mind would go to that impossible machine until the enigma is unlocked, but they serve a good leverage to increase the final figure in my contract.)

Portions of the above post are tongue and cheek…sorta.






Yeah thats right because as all of us who have followed motogp for longer than oct 06 will know. The m1 was a great bike and the whole reason it looked crap was because of the crap riders who rode it. I mean they dont get any worse than biaggi checa abe ect

if you want to go fishing compa, try santa monica pier, you may get more bites

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jumkie @ Dec 23 2009, 07:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Hey, Rossi has AC/DC in his iPod? Maybe I've been wrong about him. He can't be that much of a .... Hahaha
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kool ACDC i bet Brian must be a pensioner lol still doing the business though
Rossi's song got to be = Money Talks...!!!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Arrabbiata1 @ Dec 22 2009, 08:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>if only these guys would lift the yellow veil and look.
fat chance! think krishna.......... ............. & jumkie likes to beat dead horses...

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pigeon @ Dec 23 2009, 07:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>kool ACDC i bet Brian must be a pensioner lol still doing the business though
Rossi's song got to be = Money Talks...!!!
Or.............
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ptk50 @ Dec 23 2009, 08:44 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>"Now to win you have to outspend the other teams and that is killing the series." - That is simply BS - it's what you spend it on plus how and when - there is no way that Ducati or even Yamaha could outspend Honda. Honda has their heads up their arses and ductates to riders what is them - PLUS their current riders are not famed for their ability to provide objective feedback. I do agree with an overall reduction in spending - especially starting with the electronics and maybe restricting the number of cylinders - but restricting number of engines available for a season and number of practice sessions is dumb.

Why BS? I wasn't talking about Honda vs Yamaha spending if you understood my point it was Yamaha vs. Suzuki or any other small team that is was or may want to be in MotoGP. How can they even get sponsorship if they have no chance of winning because they have a smaller budget than the big teams? Answer, they can't. Pay Rossi millions of euros and watch the sport grind to a halt in short order. Limit team expenditure and the sponsors get spread around to all teams making for a real contest. I understand the whole principle of "charging what the market will bear". It can't bear that kind of money. A disproportional amount of money that could be spent on racing will instead go to Rossi (and he'll never even spend it) and whatever government bones him out of half. The pie is not infinite. Limits have to be imposed.