Vero Sandler Picks Up Monster Energy Sponsorship

 She must need the money.

 @andwats: We all need the money. Good for her.

 @suspended-flesh: drink water

 @jaame: We can be sure her Monster cans have water in them.

 @poah No one is pushing anything to your kids. No one cares about them but you and that's OK. Raising them is your responsibility, not some pro bike rider's who doesn't even know they exist.

 @bananowy: you don't get advertising do you nor do you see the effect monster and other energy drinks have on kids.

 @poah: I get advertising. What about parenting? If your kids do anything you wouldn't like them to do because of ads, it's your problem to fix. Offloading that responsibility onto a random athlete, demanding she denies a paycheck from one of the 2 or 3 companies that pay real money in this sport is incredibly entitled. She doesn't even target any of her content at kids. She's not doing anything immoral just because you don't like her sponsor.

Do you get this pressed about Starbucks or Lavazza? Or about every other mtb edit starting with the rider making a cup of coffee? Since you seem to think caffeinated sugary water is the second coming of satan himself.

 @bananowy: My kids don't drink it but I'm not with them all the time. They could for all I know drink it. Schools ban it, most big shops won't sell it to kids and it causes issues in school. Coffee is the same. I don't let my kids drink it unless it is decaf.

Role models do have a responsibility to who they model too. Bike riders model to kids. Have you forgotten about rat boy already and what he did. How would you feel if they advertised cigarettes if it was still legal to do so or alcohol. Responsibility does not just lie with the parents. Society itself has to do it's bit.

 @poah: advertising is one thing. Neglecting to discuss and informing your children that these drinks aren't cool is the parents role.

 It isn't a professional athlete's job to raise your kids. She could be sponsored by Marlboro for all I care if it gives her the opportunity to make a living doing what she loves

 @chrisclifford: Godammit I agree with you.

 @poah: Your kids: "Vero who?" ....and back to Tik Tok.

 @suspended-flesh: Kids don't use tiktok. They are not morons.

 @poah: I meant coffee ads. I didn't assume you want your kids to drink it. Or do Coca-Cola ads irritate you the same for example?

I'm not sure which of Ratboy's shenanigans you're talking about here tbh.

I grew up when tobacco and alcohol were legal to advertise and plastered all over race cars and bikes, so I don't mind that. It didn't turn me into a raging teenage alcoholic, what it did was create iconic liveries and pour money into my favourite sports. Btw, did you know that Philip Morris never stopped being Ferrari F1's largest sponsor even when they could do zero advertising? Now they can do it again with IQOS products.

Vero Sandler is not a role model, let alone for kids. She's an athlete. She doesn't target kids. If your kids are young, they probably have no idea who that "old lady" is.

Again: she's not immoral or irresponsible just because you personally don't like her sponsors. They sell a normal, legal product that adults can use responsibly, it's not freaking meth. It's extremely entitled to demand that Vero lives in poverty or changes her career to appease you.

As a side note you are, surprisingly, right about tiktok. Turns out 70% of users are 18-34. Huh. I'd have definitely lost a bet on that.

 @bananowy: I agree. I never understood the tobacco ban on GP bikes. I still don't now, honestly. I have always been against governments trying to protect people from their own stupidity. If someone wants to waste tons of cash on something kind of pointless that makes them smell, that's their business. "WHat about the NHS?" someone is going to ask. WHat about mountain biking? That's also very dangerous! Gee Atherton's helicopter evacs need paying for by the taxpayer as well - should he stop doing sick shit because he might incur a cost to the health services again?

Also I don't get all the energy drink and caffeine hate. My parents never tried to stop me drinking coffee or tea, not that it was as fashionable then. One of the best gifts I've ever got for my son was a 12 pack of Monny for his 10th birthday. His face lit up like you wouldn't believe. He was more pumped on that than the bloody xBox he got for Christmas!

 Who'd have thought considering they have two completely different names

 it's nice you are learning how to read!

 And you’re free to go elsewhere.

 @generictrailrider: if you are interested and feel excited about such a hollow and poor article, then don't change anything, you're at the right place.

 @danstonQ: the doors right there. Don't let it hit you on the way out

 Turns out you can't even do that right.

 @PhillipJ: lol

 Cos there's simply nothing to say about such an unsignificant new, except for those who like to comment emptiness.

 @danstonQ: Yet you've commented AGAIN, so it seems you have quite a lot to say about it after all lol. Or do you just "like to comment emptiness" (whatever the f*ck that means)?