Van Gilder said, “I know that I love racing my bike, and I want to continue to be able to do that this season. It’s just a matter of getting the word out there that I have the passion and enthusiasm to race and represent sponsors. Ride, guest ride, mentor and guest ride, as I did this weekend [with Sugar CRM] – these are all things I’m available to do … I’m going to be positive and optimistic and move forward. It’s just a shame. I don’t think any racers should be put in this position so late. It’s a reality with the economy, and it’s difficult to get sponsors, but we’re professionals, and we should conduct ourselves in that manner. I’m not through racing yet.”
Plenty of folks around the US are finding themselves without a job or a contract, here's on instance in the cycling community. I'm sure LVG will find a way to continue kicking ass and winning this season. her win at San Jose, and then being an animator in the chase group at the Amgen women's crit. It would be pretty cool to see LVG and Lloyd lining up together and dominating.
Gotta wish a big public good luck to Laura and her team mates scrambling for a ride for '09.
heddwch
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Did you even read the article?
Oh yeah- they're such troopers.. Reaching for the phone to hire an attorney in the instant that something goes wrong. The person scrambling to put the team together and who basically creates a livelihood for a bunch of pros- out of thin air- gets thrown under the bus pretty quickly and I don't see any honor in kicking him when he's down. These things happen. Any of us can be let go from our jobs at any time- will we sue our employers too, even though a poor economy is to blame?
Yes good luck to everyone out there who is unemployed and having trouble keeping their home, payng their rent and feeding their kids.
Yeah so when you sign a year long contract and then are told, sorry, that contract doesn't count, you just shrug it off as bad luck?
I didn't get the same impression from the article that you did, though. LVG seems to be taking a different road, maybe she didn't contact an attorney until Short sent her the lawyer approved email and refused to call her, but, hey hopefully it all works out, right?
I know i shouldn't respond to your obvious trolling... just have to though.
Of course you do.
What is "trolling"? Sounds bad.
Is it more disrespectful than ignoring you completely?
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