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[QUOTE="thump chump, post: 239705, member: 23827"] [b]the pro question[/b] I agree with every one of you. The main problem I have is how the AMA is going about this issue. Oh, and by the way, they haven't bothered to mention where ANY of these qualifiers might take place, other than Loretta Lynn's. Which is something I call into question due to the fact that it's a Coombs race, and they are a big part of the NPG, and Davey sits on the AMA board. Do not get me wrong, this is not personal whatsoever. And I'm not going to get drug down into the whole MXA vs. RX issue. But in AMA's typical foresight, they just blindly applied the rule to the current year. I just believe that it would be much more efficient and fair to review rider files and catagorize each rider's capability based on prior results. Period. And then at the same time establish regional qualifiers for future pro applicants. However, I don't feel that only allowing 100 to try and qualify for a national is fair, unless the stop seeding ANY of the riders directly into the Sunday program. I think that ALL the riders should have to qualify. Fair is fair. The AMA considers the amatuer nationals as it's "B" series. But I honestly think that running a seperate professional series, by region, would be much more effective. There should be two grades of pro lisences. Change the current pro-am lisence to the "B" series lisence. After earning a certain number of points, a rider would then be eligible for pro lisence, which would enable them to attempt to qualify for a national. While you may still end up with 150 riders at a national trying to qualify, the riders will have earned the right to qualify. Think about it- 150 riders divided by a 40 rider gate= roughly 4 qualifiers and one last chance race. 100 riders divided by a 40 rider gate= roughly 3 qaulifiers and one last chance race. So 150 riders at a national result in only one more qualifier per class. That point doesn't hold water with me. I still believe that it comes down to the issue that the promoters want to run more amatuer races on Saturday. I've seen posts regarding this issue from insiders in the series on Mototalk. Thy say the tracks get all beat from to many qualfiers. BS! Why don't they cut down on the amatuer races? Oh what a vicious circle this arguement is. Side note- anyone else notice that Duke Finch is finally getting attention for his attitude towards privateers? HA HA! What goes around comes around buddy! [/QUOTE]
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