Originally Posted by
Riv-Lantis
...if you're a kid coming up through the ranks you have to know the score when you're looking to make the jump up to a World Tour team. There's no way you can be that naive after spending enough time in racing.
Right, kinda. The kids do not know the score, the parents may, or suspect they may. Which is why you get your kid out of it.
For those watching, look at USA juniors on the world stage. Then look a few years later. Called parenting.