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All very well Sharpie

I agree with most of what you've said. But I tune in to watch a bike race, which is all it is, albeit with the best riders in the world. So what I'm watching it for is to enjoy what they can do on a bike and hopefully to see some good racing.

I'm well aware of the business ventures that some have turned a motorcycle race into but I couldn't give a stuff about that, I've no interest in how much a rider makes their sponsor in merchandising sales or how much exposure they give them on TV. Just the racing.

I hadn't actually got a clue what Rockstar was until I read this, that's how much of an impact the sponsors name has with me...

This is the bit I disagree with

It's not a question of 'Do we have faith in Rossi and his ability on the Monster bike to beat JL on the RockStar?' In fact it's not a question at all. It's an aggressive, strategic business move to ensure the survival of their brand, therefore the business and an opportunity to deliver a critical blow to a competitor.

It is a question of do they have faith because obviously they don't. If they were confident he alone as their current sponsored rider could give them the results they want, they wouldn't give a hoot who the other rider was sponsored by as they'd be confident their livery was going to top the podium. They weren't, therefore they covered all bases.

nostro once again

You have missed the plot. How humiliating for lorenzo that yamaha went with rossis sponser and not his. As world champ that must sting...he is their "lead rider" after all. Yamaha chose rossis sponser because monster said here is a boat load of money...all we ask is that we are number 1-no sharing with the competition.To which yamaha replied...no problem...we have absolutely no loyalty to rockstar- they are jorge's sponser not ours. We will happily cover his piddly personal sponsership in exchange for a very lucrative team sponsership deal. It kind of puts into perspective who the real number 1 is. Rossi has full monster sponsership and lorenzos partial monster sponsership has to be padded by yamaha so that rossi is not seen to get more than the world champ. Your stalker-like hatred for rossi makes you one of the least objective posters on here and has made all your opinions "tainted goods". Maybe you should take advice from your hero stoner with whom you have a disturbing man-love for. He is retired....After being booted off one website( how pathetic...to be so annoying that you arent allowed to post....oh right they were wrong and stupid not you) maybe you should too. After all as you say the goalposts have moved and you have been left behind. Yamaha wants money.....number 1 rule of business. Rossi can deliver it and jorge cant. Here is some money jorge...now go sit over there while the men do business...oh yeah you are number 1 baby...come on vale lets go sign some papers. Thank you for instantly making us millions just by being you

ha ha

bulto is one of the biggest clowns on here.
I used to laugh at his posts but now I am just bored of hearing the same shit over and over and over............zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Nostro

You really must get out more your bitterness grows day by day and month by month.        Try and focus all your energy on something you can actually control, instead of dwelling on things you can’t.

If I was Lorenzo I would be seriously pissed off right now. Team leader and world champ being told to drop his sponsor because the prodigal son has returned. Ouch!