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Originally Posted by Peter Henry
Phil...As an add on to team punishment should not an "anti scandal" type clause be put in to contracts by sponsors? Meaning that if the team or any individual member of a team screws up all monies..including funds paid in advance for training are automatically refunded?
At the end of the day it all boils down to the cash/kudos of being a winner?  |
Well, yeah, I mean, this is sort of what I was thinking with the sponser having to pull out. The thing is, if the money is spent, its gone. You know? Its not like they can go after riders houses and sell them for the money. (Although, if there is no sponser, then there is no team maybe.)
You are right. At the end of the day its about getting up the road with the sponsers logo on your jersey. Winning is nice too.
Cycling to me though is more than that.
Its heroics, roman gladiator stuff to me. Its about thinking, and playing people, and launching attacks on beautiful mountains.
Its very odd the relationship you develop with your body. How you grade the pain, and abstract it. Its difficult to explain. You listen to the pain, learn what pain precedes what pain, You watch your pulse, watch your water intake. You are really cold, about it. Very clinical. You know that certain pain is bad pain. Most is just your normal body chatter.
I cant tell you how much I (still) respect those guys.