I read the RJ interview and remember the video of the AMA "official".... it really doesn't show our sport in the best light.
Honestly when I watched the crash of Reed and Stewart, my first reaction was ... oh no! This is bad. I may not be popular for saying so, but Reed didn't do anything wrong in that corner. It was just racing... I did ask, why would Reed push Bubba's head like that? But didn't think too much of it, because it wasn't like he punched him or anything.
Plus I remember when Bubba crashed into the back of RC at Unadilla, and RC basically picked up Bubba's bike and threw it... you could tell he was really mad.
This whole situation has been made ridiculous by all the arm chair quarterbacks here on the Internet. It's amazing that folks project so much into a simple race accident. Too bad they didn't use all this energy to do something positive for motocross racing instead.
In this case the AMA has shown itself to be extremely biased. The unfortunate part is that it is not the first, nor will it be the last time they do something so blatantly, biased. No questions asked, if any other racer in the series did what James did in the pits they would have been suspended and fined.
How about applying the rules fairly for all??