You’ve been in great form Krops.
How is your sarcasm meter working today? Fire it up, I hope you put a fresh battery. Ah yes, truly a stellar time tested defense, I’m just talking “conspiracy” (the use of the very word is proof enough the accuser is correct); but that cat with tin foil, hahaha, you got me now. How can I possibly defend against the cute ..... cat? Well, that really proves you’re right and I’m wrong. Hahaha (damnit I wish I was smart enough to post a pic, Ben needs to get off his ... and fix the old system). I saw this great motivational poster the other day, dude has head in sand with the caption that read, “You make a good point, let me try and evade you.”
With all do respect, just because your vision is impaired when you stick your head in the sand doesn’t mean whats above ground has disappeared buddy. Let me get this straight, you’re tired of people calling conspiracy, and your defense, multi-fold: you’re tired of it, the routine of people calling out the ........, and your never before seen suggestion that perhaps we should follow another sport. Hahaha, Have you ever seen the movie My Cousin Vinny? Cue up Vinny’s voice; “I should've asked you along time ago for these pictures. Holy ...., you got it, honey! You did it! The case cracker …” Ah yes, another stellar defense, your tired of the “routine?” “Routine”, to mean, something happens with regularity, right? The fact shenanigan happen with such frequency (of which you are tired) should be a bit more disturbing to you. You want to know why you come across this ‘routinely’ made accusation that the league disproportionally uses bias among certain riders? Well maybe its because there is good reason, as it happens often enough (routinely) for those who can read between the lines (not sure you’re up for it buddy) to call out their suspicions when they see something that doesn’t pass the sniff test.
You have made your point that calling a race is difficult due to weather conditions. Wow, you mean it’s difficult to call a developing weather situation, no, are you serious? (Your sarcasm detector, I hope its working). Great insight buddy, but again, that is not the point; the question is are the officials being influenced disproportionately by some higher profile riders, in this case Lorenzo? That is the question to be pondered! I say yes. You apparently say no, all is on the up and up, all competent and unbiased race direction. I honestly wonder if you’re so close and vested to the league that you may be suffering from vision impairment. Anyway, make no mistake, your opinion is superior in my book on many subjects, but on your unwillingness to question a series of events that begs certain questions, you are definitely a regular Joe spectator (I bet you didn’t see any connections when the league went to single tire supplier, anyway, that’s another topic). I’m just a spectator watching on TV, you were probably there in the Sepang, in the best seat in the house where all the other journalist sit….right?
Allow me to remind you of a funny story I read this year, when again, weather and the officials handling of conditions was in question (very similar to what we are discussing here, weather, officials, and bias). It was actually in an official press release (thank God, you take special attention to those things right?) Wsbk, Effenbert team released in a press release their thoughts (more like outing and whistle blowing) that the league was disproportionally giving attention to ‘a few number of teams and riders’ (paraphrasing, but I’m sure you can look it up, its pretty close). Oh crap?!? What what what? You mean a team would be accusing their league of shenanigans, EXACTLY of the type I’m (a lowly spectator) proposing here? ....! Cue up the kitty cat tin foil pics Kropos, you need to send Effenbert a pic too. Oh wait, they’re actually gone now, they like Stoner said FU to the league and got out of Dodge. Oh, but wait, that was Wsbk I was talking about, GP are a different class of people, they are beyond reproach, not to mention, specifically, race direction, a model of competence (
and extra engines apparently). In addition, race direction was just recently accused of making a mistake against Dani by Carmelo (Mr. Integrity himself) saying they had made a mistake in Misano (and here I was beginning to think they were infallible). Oh snap, sorry for thrashing your carefully constructed defense that league officials are competent and unbiased when it comes to situations on the ground as they develop in real time.
Racing in the rain is inherently dangerous, but they race in these conditions anyway. Some riders are more comfortable while others are not in these conditions (just look at your “alien” boy Marc vs. noname-wild card entry in Moto2 this weekend). Anyway, in MotoGP, as the rain began to fall, it appeared that Casey got stronger (and a sound-bite to support this reality) while Pedros seemed totally oblivious to the conditions as he charged ahead and maintained his lead unflustered (well thats what it appeared like on TV). As the rain got worse the rider that appeared the most flustered was Lorenzo, raising his hand and almost laying it down). Moments later, the red flag comes out. Now I know you struggle to make any connections with a series of events (as you like to err on the side that these are just coincidence) as they appear totally unrelated to you unless you are handed a pres release; but from my vantage point, having seen other rain races (on TV), with the knowledge that Lorenzo had probably used up his softer tires (you have failed to analyze this point with any pertinent deduction), coupled with reflections of the league officials being a bias bunch (don’t expect them to admit it in a press release either), then I propose, the race was stopped much to do with Lorenzo’s behest. You disagree. Fine. Now you want to make the case no such bias exists among the men in the race control office, right?!?
Sure, Lorenzo can flail his hand all he wants, its up to race direction to make a determination on the conditions. Given that nobody else rose their hand, specifically the two other podium contenders, and that fact that the race was stopped in short order after Lorenzo gave his signal, this sure makes for an easy case to propose race direction were swayed disproportionately by one rider.
Again, there you have tried to deflect by using the two points in play here, the question of stopping a dangerous race, sure, hard difficult call, and the timing after Lorenzo rose his hand. This second point is the discussion, what a few and I are questioning, as the league has displayed a propensity to favor some riders over others disproportionally! You apparently have had your head in the sand for the last 10 years, as many people have been accusing the league of such shenanigans, that you, it appears, is baffled one would make such accusation.
Anyway, while typing this little reply, I took the time to look up Effenberts scathing accusation about their motoracing league. I think you will find it really does make one feel confidence in the impartiality of the men running the show. (Of course, you will dismiss it as them just talking conspiracy, or it being another league, orbeing disgruntled, or employing hardball tactics, right?) Pay special attention to the part in bold below:
Here is what Effenbert had to say:
A team statement read: “The clear impression is that the WSBK has lived today one of its worst days, disrespect for the public, for those who like the team Effenbert invests and for sports in general.
It is unacceptable that the fundamental decisions of the day are been taken with such a superficiality not even worthy of a monobrand championship of scooter. At the end it is clear that the WSBK is
in the hands of a little number of team and riders.
Uhmmm, interesting. Nothing like this would ever apply to MotoGP, right Kropo?
