Originally Posted by ateamstupid

I don't agree. Kobe doesn't make his schedule, Dominguez does. When Kobe plays against crappy teams, it's because the NBA told him to. He wouldn't be actively choosing to play against garbage teams for 3 months. No one's ignoring his success against top riders, the point is that he's not testing himself 12 months of the year like many other riders do and that puts some people off.



As Coach once said, no other jockeys have families. Only Dominguez. While I agree that the Dominguez/Baze analogy is unfair, it seems inarguable that Dominguez is still taking the easy road 3+ months of the year and he has a history of doing that.