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Drawing a very hard line in the sand here, and listen up Colin and everyone else. Colin - Your post was not related to Team Rumors. If you wanted to address team rumors, you would have shared the video where Kyle addressed his YouTube audience directly to discuss his health and riding future. You did not choose that. You chose an interview on a doctor's platform to flex on your own idea. Your post is not being deleted because we need people to get the idea to shape up. If you want to share discussions on vaccinations, we have places...

Guys..... There's not nearly enough talk about Huffy's new DH team in this thread. Someone knows, spill the beaaaaaaaaaaans. Who's on it.

i think the issue most have with the situation is that he's still using that word as a grown adult. defending him as if he gets a pass because of some 'pro athlete bubble' or maturing in different ways gives the impression that it's ok for some but not others because of irrelevant situations. he's an adult with a following of young people on social media - some people even believe that means a person should be even more aware of what they say and how they act. i don't pretend to know the details or anything about the dude...

Had to shut that off after he said he started taking Ivermectin to treat his symptoms.

Boring? Were we watching the same feed? I had mixed feelings about some of the scores/rankings (as always) but I sure as hell wouldn't call it boring.

Yea... Not feeling positive about Tom's crash. That didn't look nice. I hope he's ok.

Tommy G got robbed

Yet again, we have athletes diagnosing their own concussions (more or less). When I was advocating for some kind of baseline testing (on the Inside Line), this is why I was advocating for it. You can have a mild concussion which is nearly impossible to diagnose without some kind of baseline to refer back to. This unfortunately sets you up to have a much worse concussion if you clap the dome again. I'm not saying every crash is a concussion, but I'd sure treat it like that when your head hits the ground as hard as these guys, again, in...

So I'm expecting about 6 people actually riding at the rate things are going.

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He didn't hold back when that deal fell through with YT and he even dissed the bikes, now he just looks like a fool if you ask me riding a blacked YT Tues! Surely he could of tried and bought any bike in the world if he wanted or as a freerider do they really get paid that little ?

Pon (owner of santa cruz) scooping up dorel (owner of gt, cdale, schwinn etc) https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/press-release/Santa-Cruz-Cannondale-Schwi… all athletes in new meetings. "what would you say you do here?"

This is true for everything. The issue is that it would hurt for a lot of people before it got better (and maybe it would hurt for quite a few people to actually see what they are worth, to see the pecking order). A lot of times ignorance is bliss. But yes, hiding salaries is only beneficial to the employers (okay, and mental health in some cases ). Also, when talking about athlete salaries, the relevant part of this podcast is very much on topic: https://open.spotify.com/episode/54VCJ9YCLfXJkTYj4uO0mn

I never meant to imply we'll see NBA sized paychecks in mountain biking; not at all. I also acknowledged the differences between ball sports & mountain biking. However, I am suggesting, hiding salaries rider to rider in fact puts the rider at a disadvantage. Its the old Kramer in the coffee corporation office. "We'll give you free coffee for life and...." I"LL TAKE IT!!! I've thought about it long and hard, and ultimately believe hiding salary information benefits the companies more than it does the rider. This is true in just about anything IMO.

A little bit of a derail here, but this theme keeps coming up in this thread. One thing I genuinely wonder a lot about is if we were more up front with contracts, and what riders really get paid (EG, every ball sport), would that change things for the better? Kids should know what they are in fact chasing and how unlikely it is. Being "pro" doesn't always mean you are "pro" (eg, you pay for your life with your racing) if you know what I mean. Moreover, for the riders who are near the top, they could more effectively...