I don't know the timing as it relates to the qualifying. From my understanding, the Asteriks team suggested he go to the hospital.
Did he actually go to the hospital?I don't know the timing as it relates to the qualifying. From my understanding, the Asteriks team suggested he go to the hospital.
1)Yes, he spent most of the day at the hospital. He even said that in his interview.Did he actually go to the hospital?
BTW regarding the IV thing, the way I understood it is that if you medically need an IV (severe dehydration) the Asterisk's med unit with administer one. And if they consider you medically fit after they'll allow you to continue to race.
1)Yes, he spent most of the day at the hospital. He even said that in his interview.
Being sick does not qualify as an "emergency medical situation" as a result of participating in the event. That is why he wouldn't answer or say anything about it.
2.4 Intravenous Hydration a. At no time during the event may a rider receive any type of intravenous hydration, unless such hydration is deemed medically necessary by medical personnel as a result of an emergency medical situation (i.e., heat stroke) encountered by the rider during, or as a result of participating in, any practice, qualifier, moto race or other activity in the event.
b. Once a rider receives such hydration during the event, the rider will not be permitted to compete in any further event activities, including but not limited to, any further practice, qualifier, moto race or other activity in the event, unless and until the rider is released by the medical personnel who treated the rider for the specific emergency medical situation at issue.
c. Any rider who receives medical treatment from the event medical director and where such treatment includes the recommendation that the rider be transported to an emergency medical treatment center, said rider shall be prohibited from competing or participating further at that event.
This is why I think that rule was added, not so much to keep an injured rider from racing.The law as I see it is written to keep some of the blood cooling and blood doping from taking place in mx/sx more than that though.
Lemme guess, it's only cheating if you get caughtWell as the law/rule is written it is just fine if the intent is to keep someone with a stomach ache from riding as opposed to someone who has heat stroke. Make your own call on who you want to ride against in that case. The law as I see it is written to keep some of the blood cooling and blood doping from taking place in mx/sx more than that though. Heat stroke is only given as an example. But it doesn't state it is limited to that. I don't think the intent was to make a rider stay at the track and get an IV from someone that might give an IV a few times a week as opposed to somone that gives them hourly or oftener. Like you said, you draw your own conclusions. If the other teams aren't whining you can bet they have done it or want the option open to them too.
Correction, only cheating if it's protested, I'll just leave it at that. (A story for around the camp fire)Lemme guess, it's only cheating if you get caught