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If it was pure stats you would have to count the 4 races that Jett missed and scored 0 points due to crashing out by himself. So we’d be looking at 38 with 12, 8, and 3 dubs. And the Jett at 10 top 5s, 5 podiums and 3 dubs.
You ok?
LOL - hook, line, and sinker. Love the Vitards.
These guys at the top of the sport aren't taking a shit for $5k, let alone fly halfway across the world to race. You kidding me?
The Shop
lol, are you really calling him DNGR now??
Nice little trip, Go see koalas, gators, surfing, white sharks, deadly reptiles, deadly Sheila’s.
No stress race half way thru your two week vacation.
This made me LOL. I am a Deegan fan, but to start calling him DNGR is super weird lmao
Welcome to the DNGRZNE. 😂
My take on it is this. The event was already close to sold out/sold out so from a money stand point, the Lawrences saw money being taken out of their pocket because Deegan wanted his cut. Had the event been struggling with sales it could have ended up a different story. IMO active riders should not be anywhere close to event promo. Could you imagine Sexton being partnered with Feld and being like "Hmm sales are really good this year, i don't need so and so lining up against me. Shit is dumb
Feeling DNGROUS!
Can’t have any vowels. Gotta be DNGRS
In a few years he'll just go by some hieroglyphic symbol and it'll be the racer formerly known as DNGR. The fan boys will all get the tattoo on their forearm, etc.
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It would be SCK if ANSR signed DNGR
Thank you for the written content. I am probably in the minority but I so much prefer to be able to read the stories versus listen to or watch.
So after reading it....Lawrences are in the business part of Aus-X, but are also racing it. Directly making paid-opponent attendance decisions if certain riders will be given the invite. If that's not a blatant "conflict of interests", I don't know what is. Just like how a fighter can't bet on his own fight because he can directly affect the outcome. Their reason being, "we don't have any other top riders lined up to compete with him, so we'll revoke the deal" is the lamest excuse I've heard in a while.
Was going to say the same thing. The event it almost already sold out. Does anyone really care to watch Deegan lap the whole field as the only 250 headliner. It would be like watching Derek Jeter show up to a high school baseball game and whoop everyone’s ass. Not very entertaining. Now if he was going to race a 450 or had signed a deal before tickets were almost sold out that would be a different story.
Pit Row
Your baseball reference is lacking but if Shohei Ohtani showed up at a high school game it would be an insanely big deal. People love superstars
Except its all-conjuncture BS purely intended to splash dirt on one of the nicest hardworking families in Motocross. An inspiration to families around the world that you can make it and remain normal.
For some reason this drives a family of social media influencers nuts with jealousy, so they turn their little bought and paid for social media machine at them nonstop.
hmmmm...
"yes, their representation did say that past comments and interactions with Deegan and his camp are also a reason they denied the financial request to attend"
Reading is fundamental. The Lawrences aren't the only two with a vote. ML's breakdown said the Lawrences are part of a group of investors in the promotion group. I'll bet Mirtl has their proxy in this and the Lawrences weren't aware of this until the public teeth gnashing started.
Wrong!
See my post above.
Some irony in this post for sure.
From ML
The Deegan camp confirmed they were asked to directly connect with the Lawrences to move forward and maybe find a resolution. They stated they didn't find it necessary to move in that direction because they felt that was how they were told to bow down.
Did the Lawrences block Deegan from racing? Not exactly. Did they block him from getting paid to do so? Yes, they did. Is this wrong? In some eyes maybe. It's also business and their right with what they negotiated, especially being a form of partner in the event.
Look, I don't have a dog in the fight. I enjoy every rider that gets out there and races from the guy in a pick up, to vince the freeze Friese, jett, hunter and the deegens. Don't get me wrong I never liked how mxsports gave the deegs preferential treatment at LL but it is what it is. I have zero axes to grind with any rider.
But that doesn't change the fact that it's a cock block by the Lawrence's. Haiden was hurt, feels he's ready to race and wanted to come out. The people who put on the race found 100k to offer him. If the money wasn't there they would have never proposed the offer to their partners. There's 6 or 7 promoters between the guys that actually put on the race, the ambassador promoters in the Lawrence's and Webb. Again it's not really a financial issue. Deegan brings in more eyes for the event. Period. From a marketing aspect there's no reason for it, I get it it's almost sold out ect ect. But there's proably 100k+ sets of eyeballs on the Deegans at least that might not even know who the Lawrence's are. It could add some excitement and hype to the 250 class even though he would likely run away with it. Why would you not want the extra streamers/audience. Again on the back end their not losing shit by giving him 100k. Again what are they losing 15-20k a person. This is a couple people not separating personal from business. They cock blocked him from getting a payday. An most of the guys at their level are not going to risk their SX season with out making it worth it. The Lawrence's wanted to flex and they did. It is what it is.
As far as the Derek Jeter remark. Go to YouTube and look up pro athletes playing exhibitions with/for kids. They get tons of views and press.
You don’t find it interesting that they payed Webb that was Jett’s ”title threat” this winter? THAT would have been a conflict of interest.
But on the other side, Webb has kept it professional with the family, never bad mouthed them and praised Jett when asked about him.
Maybe if the Deegans had acted the same, the outcome could have been different…
“Bow down or else”
"This is some of the best wrastlin' I've ever seen!"
Or act the way you want other people to treat you…
Compare their first 19 starts outdoors now. Both have been top notch 250 riders. Whether it will continue on an upward trajectory for Deegan remains to be seen, but so far I think Deegan’s stats have been slightly better outdoors when compared to Jett’s first two seasons.
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