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Old 04-23-2010, 09:38 AM
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Ever think that its just really hard to make 112 pounds every day? I dont think this is any deeper then a couple guys who were struggling to make weight and paid their way out of it. If you dont remember this happened in New York with some pretty big guys. cough santos cough.
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Old 04-23-2010, 10:04 AM
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Ever think that its just really hard to make 112 pounds every day? I dont think this is any deeper then a couple guys who were struggling to make weight and paid their way out of it. If you dont remember this happened in New York with some pretty big guys. cough santos cough.
Which is why Real Sports looked at having jocks carry more weight....Of course most trainers were against it.
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Old 04-23-2010, 11:03 AM
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Which is why Real Sports looked at having jocks carry more weight....Of course most trainers were against it.
Because allowing them to ride at heavier weights doesnt solve the issue. Jocks will still flip, people who are even heavier naturally will reduce to get down to riding weight and where exactly do you draw the line? At some point the person has to make a decision on whether they are willing to do what it takes to ride racehorses or not. The sport and its rules arent the problem, people who simply are too big to ride who insist on riding are.
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Old 04-23-2010, 11:06 AM
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Because allowing them to ride at heavier weights doesnt solve the issue. Jocks will still flip, people who are even heavier naturally will reduce to get down to riding weight and where exactly do you draw the line? At some point the person has to make a decision on whether they are willing to do what it takes to ride racehorses or not. The sport and its rules arent the problem, people who simply are too big to ride who insist on riding are.
It would help though. People are bigger. No one is naturally supposed to be 110 pounds, even women.
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Old 04-23-2010, 11:11 AM
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It would help though. People are bigger. No one is naturally supposed to be 110 pounds, even women.
That is not a valid argument. There is no shortage of little people.
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Old 04-23-2010, 11:16 AM
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That is not a valid argument. There is no shortage of little people.
Making weight without doing something life threatening? I disagree.
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Old 04-23-2010, 11:22 AM
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Making weight without doing something life threatening? I disagree.
I fail to see how people cant grasp this concept. If you naturally weight 130 pounds and the weights that you are being asked to do is 115 then you either have to reduce 15 pounds or get another job. If we increase the scale of weight to 130 pounds then people who naturally weight 140 pounds are suddenly not far from riding weight and begin to reduce. If we raise the scale to 140 pounds then guys who weigh 150 pounds begin to reduce...

The thing is this, where do you draw the line? The weight scale HAS been raised and very rarely will a non bug rider be asked to do less than 115.
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