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Originally Posted by Boston41
Those who argue that the Armstrong deal is not 100% about money are truly the ignorant.
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I disagree. The IGNORANT ones are the uninformed arguing with those who actually know what is going on. It's one thing to disagree and belabor perspectives, but as far as ignorance...yeah, that word is reserved for the morons who keep attempting to pass off their opinions and sheer CONJECTURE as fact.
I must also remark how incredibly kind it is that some of you keep bringing up BC as the standard by which everything else should be measured. 'Bout time you climbed aboard. Glad some of you were able to figure out how "good" BC is AFTER you ripped him to shreds with similar threads as this one not so long ago. BC IS (and ALWAYS HAS BEEN) the real deal. Some of you just figured that out AFTER he took a little visit back up this way to kick everyone's tail...while the rest of us (those who *might* know more about things than what they hear on a message board) knew that far before he ever headed south of the Mason Dixon line. This time, when he heads back to do his thing...at least he will have the peace and tranquil comfort of knowing that he was able to convince the open-wheel racing "fans" that he was worthy.
Now...I have a bit of a question...something to ponder, really.
Okay, so one of "our drivers" move on (for whatever reason the "fans" want to claim it is for)...with attitudes like these that are CONSTANTLY being presented, WHY would that driver (or even his rich daddy, so some of you say) even bother with fielding an open wheel team in the future?
You ask what a kid "like Dakoda" does for the sport as a whole when he is "allowed" (LOL) to move on...well I ask what it does for the sport as a whole when a team like Dakoda's that fields dozens of race cars (and would continue to in some way shape or form regardless of where the current drivers end up) is constantly being berrated by the very people who call themselves "fans" of this PART of the sport? Hmmmm...
And furthermore, on that note...when criticising the owners who take on foreign drivers (for the money, naturally), remember this: Those drivers have an allegiance of FANS that encompass ENTIRE COUNTRIES. Those fans rally behind them, buy their merchandise and take GREAT PRIDE in "their guy's" appearance on the national stage....no matter WHAT got them in the seat.
Too bad we can't say the same about our teeny-tiny sub-division speck of real estate on the racing map...yet we tend to hold ourselves in THE HIGHEST regard.
Lauren