Aberllefenni

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Cap'n Chris said:
In the event of an incident/accident of any nature you are not at liberty to make judgement calls about the whys/wherefores or wisdom of the circumstances leading to it.

If you were allowed to do so then pretty nearly every cave rescue would be a dire condemnation of the entire endeavour of all of us.
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No one is listening to me here.....

The guy is sponsored.
Its a commercial endeavour.
He's raking it in (I assume), pushing the boundaries, then he wipes out and costs the tax payer ?100k.

I don't begrudge him his airlift or his medical expenses; I would happily let the taxpayer pay a million pounds to get him walking again. We are human beings. We are compassionate. It's what we do.

My point is that anything involving Red Bull is well funded, or should be, and they should contribute.

Maybe they have!

I would LOVE IT if someone came on here and said that he had donated a grand to the ward at Stoke where he was treated.

 
ChrisJC

ChrisJC

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The real issue here is where do you draw the line between a genuine accident, e.g. in the kitchen, and a paid-up wazzock on a mountain bike trying to kill himself for likes / subs.

Any accident should be paid for by the NHS, but morally, the wazzock on the mountain bike and his sponsors should be thinking hard about a hefty contribution.

Chris.
 
SamT

SamT

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I knew full well before I posted that this is exactly the argument that would ensue.  ::)

It wouldn't surprise me one jot if the Athertons have donated heavily to the local mountain rescue team, hospital ward etc. But then that's a private matter for them, and shouldn't be publisised as it would set a precedent and an expectation level.

But ask yourself this, would Gee, Dan and Rachel be out there doing this, even if they weren't sponsored by Red Bull.  Look back over their history, as riders, what they've done, created, organised, set up etc.  I think you'll find they've been out there doing it, even before the sponsorship deals appeared on the horizon.

Just ask yourself how much tax payers money is spent on policing football matches, every weekend, in practically every town and city across the land.  The helicopters, the riot vans, the horses etc etc.
 
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ChrisJC said:
The real issue here is where do you draw the line between a genuine accident, e.g. in the kitchen, and a paid-up wazzock on a mountain bike trying to kill himself for likes / subs.

Any accident should be paid for by the NHS, but morally, the wazzock on the mountain bike and his sponsors should be thinking hard about a hefty contribution.

Chris.
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Finally....someone gets it!

 
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moorebooks

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SamT said:
Just ask yourself how much tax payers money is spent on policing football matches, every weekend, in practically every town and city across the land.  The helicopters, the riot vans, the horses etc etc.
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I think you will find the Clubs have to pay for policing matches nowadays

mike
 
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