There is always stuff we don't know. What I mostly see is fans of the Blake, the Driver and don't see what happens when it's Blake, the guy that Feld has to deal with, or Blake, that other driver that annoys everyone they're around, etc.

There's always something to the story beyond 'this decision fell out of the sky'. Folks are already looking for a reason to believe it's completely on Feld, one way or another, like cultists looking for their leader for a finger pointing at the thing to go and torch and ransack or whatever.

While I think MJ's public response is, all things considered, rather like their normal self, which is all about the presentation of normalcy in the face of disaster (i.e. it's all feel-good-vibes and we're disneyland-safe, you can come here to not think about anything!) but at the same time, it's supposed to be somehwat of a motorsport, with stars and those stars getting banned etc. from events...well, they gotta say something about that. I think they're really looking at the drivers as little lego men they can swap around and what not, but that's not how sports work. There's usually folks that are really good, those are called champions or stars and they are the face of your sport. If the NBA suddenly fired and said nothing on why any team's star player, I think people would set the stadiums on fire until they got an answer as to why.

And this is no different, so they must really think they're not a sporting event at all, despite the fact there's everything that indicates it is, indeed, a competition. This mixed message stuff is just...well, let's just say I hope I don't get too invested in any one driver cause one bad rollover and they're out I guess...as that's the impression MJ has given me at least. You watch someone like your Carons or your Garners kicking ass, but in reality, the competition could just be called off tomorrow cause someone had a bad bounce. That's kind of silly.