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| Originally Posted by twpd It happens at all levels of racing. It's a fact of life - get used to it. Some rumours are true - the vast majority aren't. There is only one way to stop the rumours - enter a protest. The ability to protest a competitior's bike is enshrined within ACU regs - YOU all sign up to this when you get an ACU licence - you acknowledge that at any time anyone's bike may be protested. It's rarely done of course because few people have the bottle to do it in case they are proved wrong.
You have no reason to complain about this - the manner in which it may have been done may be somewhat dubious but, you cannot complain that someone's bike has been protested. |
How very black and white!
I see no valid reson for a protest in this case, and no substance to any rumours (if there actually were any). A protest is not the only way to stop rumours, the best way to stop unsubstantiated rumour is to ignore it.
In this case, it would appear that the protest was constructed in retaliation to a rider very strongly voicing their opinion recently. All it's achieved was to put OTHER PEOPLE to much unnecessary grief and expense, cause unrelated riders to miss races and sink the series to it's lowest point. The action was very short sighted, and the ACU rules were just used as an excuse to do it.
There's a difference between using the rules and abusing them.