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That is easily one of the stupidest damn things I have ever heard of. If the KID is 6' and 220lbs, sure. But the parents?.....who 1. Are probably 20-30 years older and 2. Aren't riding the damn bike. That is absolutely ridiculous.

It isn't like the kid is going for a 25yr contract. And even if he was, who is to say what he will look like in 25 years?

I can't get over how fucking stupid that is.

 

Not really. These guys are looking at making a major investment in the kid that will not pay off until he's in his 20's. A 13 year old kid is not done growing and the best indicator of his adult size is his parents.

 

I still think it is stupid.

"Sorry kid, you have worked your butt off, have tremendous skills and we think you could win...but your dad is 2" too tall and has a gut."

 

Doesn't mean it's not taken into consideration

 

When I first started doing trackdays, GMD Computrac was out at the track to set suspension for riders. They looked at me and said it is hard to set sag for a person as large as the bike. Springs they said, YOU NEED NEW SPRINGS

 

How many 5'2", 120lb kids get D1 football scholarships, no matter how hard they work their butts off?

 

My wife is 5-4 120lbs and in shape- works out daily (97lbs when we married 21 years ago) I am 6-2 235 lbs and not a body builder, but in shape (215 when we married)

Best guess
Weight and height of my 3 daughters 13,15 and 19.

Lets see if Red Bull has a clue.

 

That is nowhere near the same scenario because we are talking about holding the way somebody's parents look against them.

A better comparison/question would be "how many high school running backs run a 4.2sec 40yrd dash, averaged 200+ rushing yards and 3 touchdowns per game, but were denied D1 scholarships because their dad is fat?

 

Red Bull might not have a clue about your daughters but they sure know how to pick some seriously fast guys and push them up the ranks...

 

Ed Zachary!

 

If I was to apply for an Rookies Cup position I would put down that I was the adopted son of Jimmy Felice

 

Who is that? Jimmy Filice's next door neighbor?

 

My guess
13 yo…5'-3" 118 lbs
15 yo…5'-7" 124 lbs
19 yo…5'-8" 128 lbs

 

The focus is on build, not conditioning. They're smart enough to know the difference between "dad eats too much fried chicken" and "dad could be an NFL offensive lineman".

 

My point is that if somebody is trying out for a position (motorcycle spot, linebacker, shooting guard or whatever) there are many factors that should be taken into the equation...ability, drive, determination, work ethic, past results, their personal build, etc. What their parents look like should not be part of that equation.

But as always, that is just my opinion. Others may vary.

 

I'm with Chris on this one. I'm 6'5" and weigh 185lbs. My mom is barely 5' and doesn't weigh 100lbs. My dad when he was alive was 5'10 and was probably 140-150. Your parents are not always a clear indicator of who you're going to end up being. Unless I was the milk mans kid my parents would have only shown me that I would be skinny.

 

They're looking for that one kid out of an entire generation. They're going to spend millions on him. Hoping he bucks his genes is probably not a risk they're willing to take.

And it's not like they're telling the kid he can't race anymore. If he sticks with it and is still quick and small enough to fit on a GP bike a few years later they can always pick him up then.

 

You sure you weren't adopted?

 

You never look at a hot chick's mom as an indication of how she's going to hold up over time?