VR Effect: Negative Repercussion for GP

Jumkie said:

Just read a tweet by Kropo that Marc Marquez continues to be the subject of harassment. People calling Marc to voice threats. His personal life has become altered. Now his personal space is no longer a place to relax and enjoy, but rather one where he has to wonder where the next crazy fan will invade. His work environment has become equally hostile, where scenes of VR associates and extensions of his entourage tried to invade the garage.


Iannone was the subject of awful and intense chastising by Rossi fans over merely doing what we tune in to see, racing; this was before Rossi’s McCarthyistic accusations.

So far we have seen several negative repercussions, starting with the tainting of a race that should have been cause for celebration now forever cast in aversion, Phillip Island, one of the best displays of racing, a four way battle, for the win, now the subject of unsubstantiated race fixing. Then the next race was cast as the smoking gun, the perverse standard was set in Sepang, where mere accusation became the yellow lense for which racing was viewed, not only by the paranoid contestant that perpetrated to eliminate a fellow competitor, but also for the governing body who acted upon that poisoned well. Enter Valencia, again an astounding racing performance by the winner, like Sepang, overshadowed by the extraordinary tainting of what actually occurred on the track, a rubbishing of a sublime execution of race pace. 3 of the best performances of the season now categorized by the overwhelming number of spectators, experts, journalists, racers and former racers, to be discussed as a debate of dubious behavior all because one sleep deprived paranoid frustrated man made unsubstantiated, pathetic, and reckless accusations.

The question for discussion: what short term and long term repercussions do you see over the off season, into next season, and ultimately going forward for the sport of MotoGP in regards to the extraordinary reaction that Rossi has openly infused into the narrative for the league, it's media, various experts, participants, and fandom?

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Jumkie said:

I don't do much social media other than this forum, but I was wondering if anyone knows if Rossi ever tweeted/FB or said something publicly to have people play nice with the private lives of competitors for Marc as he did for Iannone. Did Rossi ever make a comment on the Italian media/........ that assaulted Marc's family? Or perhaps about the harassing phone calls?

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