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Originally Posted by JN Innovations
Does the AMA have any right to control what a rider does during the week? So what he got arrested? Has Jason been convicted in a court of law yet? Innocent untill proven guilty in America right?
I personallly think J-Law is a punk kid, His time will come (or maybe just did). But I don't think the AMA has any right to suspend or ban him. Aren't they a racing sanctioning organization? What if J-law got a big speeding ticket, would you suspend him then? J-walking? ban him then too?
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hmmm... John... there's some holes in your argument. The issue here isn't what J-law did to get himself arrested, it's the fact that he got arrested in the first place. And, we have to use our common sense. Is J-law one of the most innocent, nice kids you know who never gets in trouble?? Uhmmm... think not. Thus, doesn't take a rocket scientist to make an intelligent guess that he probably didn't get falsely arrested. But, even assuming he did for a second, I don't think he'd get shyt canned, nor would a suspension hold if he was in fact fasley arrested. Thus, the whole "let's see what he did" concept, although it sounds good, it doesn't hold water becuase it doens't matter what he did... because whatever it was, it caused him to be arrested. People don't get arrested for speeding or J-walking. So, those analogies also fall flat.
Kids in sports with big money, getting in trouble, is nothing new. So, J-law is blowing it... in the scheme of things, who cares. He's the one who will regret it the most down the road, especially if he does in fact blow his career. And yes, the AMA has a responsibility, just like the NBA, NFL, MLB, etc, to police the athletes playing in the league, especially since the teams that make tons of money don't have the same incentive to can thier players. Finally, I can't speak for the AMA, but in the NFL, each player signs a contract that says if they get in trouble with the law (real trouble, not j-walking or speeding tickets) then they can lose the right to play in that organization. So... J-law can hit up Europe or Canada, if AMA 86's him for some period of time... and then when he grows up and can represent the sport better, he can try again here.