Brian Mack

word - but isn't that just the BAR?

Rick Johnson wrote:
> The whole problem is created by having one event determine the
> championship. Think about it - if the championship was determined by a
> series then to win you'd have to be at all those races. People that
> came for only one (or a few) events would have no chance for the
> championship no matter how well they did.
> Then truly the best rider contesting the series would win.
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> Rick
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> Brian Mack wrote:
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>> I'm a little confused - What makes one race on the calendar special
>> enough to be called a championship race? Why should I care more
>> about winning it vs. any of the other road races out there, and why
>> would anyone care if an out-of-stater beat them at that race more
>> than any other?
>> Is the idea that OBRA is so infested with racers from Ca and Wa that
>> we have to have a special race just to determine who the best person
>> is in this state? Why would anyone care who that was? How about a
>> blonde hair championships, or Portland championship, or one for
>> people owning an SUV?
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>> Or is it more arbitrary, just saying that everyone in the state
>> should show up at some random event so that we can determine who the
>> best rider is out of everybody. The winner on that particular day,
>> in the weather that it had, on that kind of course, out of the people
>> who didn't crash or have flats, whose tactics happened to work...
>> who cares?
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>> Whatever it is that makes the race meaningful is how it should be
>> restricted. For my part, if I show up, it'll only be for a chance to
>> win a free shirt with a nice picture on the front and pockets in the
>> back, and I probably won't care too much if I get beat by a guy from
>> Washington, or if he has three legs or drives a Buick or has four
>> testicles.
>>
>> Brian
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