Re: Davis loses to Goliath

On 2006-02-14 17:22:52 -0500, "SimRacer" <nOspaM@simracer68@yahoo.com> said:


"Julia" <nospam@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On 2006-02-13 16:32:08 -0500, "SimRacer" <nOspaM@simracer68@yahoo.com>
said:


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On 2006-02-10 14:31:35 -0500, Alan Jones <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> said:


Davis got exactly what he deserved for biting the hands that fed him.


It may look that way onthe surface Julia, but don't be so quick to
poopoo
BDR for their actions. Dodge is pulling lots of support from lots of
good
teams (and is basically giving it all to Ganassi/Penske/Everham), I
imagine
BD saw the writing on the wall and wanted to secure his own future. In
the
end, this "6.5 million" won't mean a thing. I personally would've bailed
too
if I saw the support going away from me toward more mega-oriented teams.
I
would've if I wanted to stay inthe sport that is.

do you have any evidence that supports your theory? If Dodge wasn't
living up to their end of the contract with Davis then they would have
been in breach of contract and Dodge would not only have lost their
suit, but Davis would have won his counter suit.... but neither one of
those things happened.

No, it was an opinion, "saw the writing on the wall" was the kicker that
implies that. Dodge wasn't giving him enough to have 2 cars, Toyota
apparently was willing to. Now, with Penske, Ganassi and especially Evernham
getting support hand over fist, I imagine that Davis felt left out, because
he was. I doubt that Dodge "breached" their contract with him, but they sure
weren't giving him the support that Evnerham and Ganassi in particular were
getting. Call me crazy, but treating people like red headed step-children is
not a good way to endear them to your cause.

It doesn't matter how he "felt". He had a contract, and didn't live up to it. Not only did he not live up to it, but he was found guilty of passing technology on to the competition ~ how does that endear him to you, or fit in to your sense of morals and business ethics?




Or more simply, should everyone bend over and take it from Daimler like
Jimmy Smith did in the truck series? Run them hard until they win a
title,
and then withdraw all support? Nope, I don't blame BD at all. And 6.5
mill?
That's less than a "good driver's" salary each year. BD will succesfully
move onto Toyota, and this will be a non-story beyond this season IMO.

This is business, Sim. Dodge lived up to their contract with Smith.
They no longer wanted to stay with them ~ period. It was through
Dodges financial support that Smith was able to run at all ~ but it
isn't a life long commitment, they owe Smith nothing more than their
contractual obligation.

Explain their withdrawl of support from (also a reigning champion) Bobby
Hamilton then too while you're at it. My point isn't based on Jimmy alone.
It's based on Dodge's recent history of pulling support from people not
named Evernham, Ganassi, or Penske. (And is/has become typical of Dodge.
They pulled their support from all the pro teams a few years ago in the
NHRA, saying they were done with drag racing. And granted, they were moving
into the Cup series in NASCAR the following year. But, and this is The
Kicker, they now sponsor gobs of Funny Cars and Pro Stock machines back over
in the NHRA today, after "leaving forever" to get into the CTS/NASCAR...)
So, you choose to listen to whichever side of Dodge's mouth that you care
to, I know what they are and simply call it like I see it.

I explain it as not renewing a contract that has run out ~ nothing wrong with that. In a tight economy, they are trying to invest their money in places they feel will produce the best results for them ~ again, nothing wrong with that.




And I highly doubt Davis will be anymore successful in Toyota than he
was in Dodge... or any other make he has ever run.

That is an unfair blanket statement. BDR produces decent cars, and has
always struggled in the engine department (by and large). Given that Toyota
is going to build all the engines "their" teams use - just as TRD-USA does
now for their CTS teams - I can't see where you are basing this statement.
*True* factory support is a boon in this sport, and Davis will finally have
it with Yota. IMO, he never had it to begin with from Dodge. ASIDE: Unmunge
my email and we'll wager on BDR's Toyota performance if you'd like.

It's not an unfair statement at all, it's the truth. Davis teams have always struggled, there is no debating that fact. I see no reason to believe it is going to be any different.




Of course, this is the same Daimler-Chrysler that issued C&D orders to
several small, private websites, because they were making money,
implying
they were "Jeep" oriented sites, and therefore could not operate
privately:
Jeeples (Clothing oriented to Jeep owners, aka Jeep People, aka Jeeples)
and
7slotgrille (a site about upgrading and caring for Jeep products,
specifically for offroading). So much for socialistic European ownership
of
historically American-owned companies...

I very well aware of all things Jeep ~ the "jpchick83" part of my email
addy comes from my being a "Jeep chick". I've had one since the day I
got my licesnse... my first was an '83 CJ which I drove until 2002
(when I wrecked it ~ still crying over that loss), I got a '98 Cherokee
Sport to drive my daughters around in when they were born, and I
currently am driving a 2003 Grand Cherokee Limited that I'm gonna be
trading in for a Grand Cherokee SRT-8 in the spring..... but I'm still
siding with business on this one. Jeep is a registered trademark of
Daimler-Chrysler, they have every right to protect their interest.
There are far too many people out there that are willing to earn a buck
of someone elses name. It's a smart move to have a zero tolerance
policy in order to keep the line very clear.

Zero tolerance policies are dangerous animals. Communisim comes to mind,
since it is the mother of all zero tolerance policies.

And I know the guy that ran 7slotgrille, and he was in no way infringing on
Jeep's brand name. And I must say, Nathan no longer owns any Jeeps, and I
can't blame him. Daimler shat on him pretty good, and he wasn't even
proftting from the site. It was a freebie site, that basically worshipped
Jeep, told people to buy them, and what "Jeep" parts to buy to make them
even nicer to off-road in. Shutting down his site made Daimler look no
better than the paranoid socialists they have become.

"7slotgrille" is an obvious Jeep reference ~ you can't possibly deny that. Again, Daimler is protecting their name ~ again, there is nothing wrong with that. Obviously, this is a personal issue for you ~ and there is nothing wrong with that either, but I'm looking at it purely from a business standpoint.




So to counter your one liner, the hand that was feeding them was letting
them go hungry. IMO, they deserved to be nipped, if not down right
bitten.

Again, the courts found Dodge kept their end of the bargain and Davis
did not. IMO, all contracts deserve to be respected ~ personal
opinions aside.

Dodge was shitting on Davis, in which case I say he had the moral right to
break his contract, personal opinions aside. I mean if you are so staunch of
a contract supporter, then it is safe to assume you condone no divorces, in
any case? Marriages are contracts too ya know. And what's your take on the
Jamie McMurray and Kurt Busch deals? Those were 2 broken contracts as well.

No, it's not safe to assume I don't condone divorces, they are a personal matter, not business. Business ethics are far more clear cut than personal ones.

And as far as Jamie and Kurt go, I'll keep it short. Kurt was wrong to sign a deal while under contract. Jamie's deal was supposed to begin at the end of his contract with Ganassi & 2006 was an option year, with no garauntee by Chip that he would be driving, in fact Ganassi had said his job was not secure ~ so I have no problem with him looking around to ensure he would have a ride lined up had his option not been picked up. He didn't break his contract with Chip and was willing to stick with him had the option been picked up.


You made a "that's business" statement above, and I wonder if you really
understand "business" because contracts are written to be enforced until
they're either "not needed" or "no longer applicable" to the current status
of things IMO, and I am a business owner. Otherwise, that's why lawyers
exist. When a contract is no longer mutually beneficial to both parties (or
however many) then I say break it. And I do, all the time. Now that, is
business. Sticking to a contract that is reaming your pooper chute, is dumb,
not business. Unless you don't want to stay in business very much longer
anyway.

I do understand business, as my family owns two of them (construction and learning consultant) and when we sign a contracts we honor our end 100% of the time. To this point, not only have our businesses been successful, but our reputation is impecible. Business lawyers exist for all sorts of purposes ~ not only to serve those whose business ethics are questionable.



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