I should explain this because you are right and you are wrong. but yea, I am PCI for life and those people including Bob (RIP) are like family to me. That is not a thing I could ever deny. I am also a PCI dealer.
My beef with Rugged (the company) goes back a good while. I say "the company" because I am friends with most of the rugged guys who work events. We get along great and to be honest, they are annoyingly nice. I really like those dudes. They certainly put in an effort to do well as a vendor. But as a company RR did some shady stuff to PCI (cybersquatting/redirect). When they were called out for it they doubled down instead of doing the right thing. They also have made efforts (some successful) to have PCI not be allowed on site at events. PCI had that option but never exercised it. When given the opportunity to act ethically as a company in the tiny industry we are a part of Rugged on multiple occasions decided not to. As an "industry guy" I hear about this kinda stuff.
I sell stuff at races. So does McKenzies. So does Butches. I just run a bigger trailer than those guys

. But, a few weeks ago I was gonna miss a race (BITD Bluewater) so I called both of those guys and told them to bring extra inventory so that the racers are taken care of. A lot of people count on me and I don't want them to go without. I was in Oklahoma at the Ultra4 nationals but I was getting "Where are you?" texts from parker all weekend.
Next week I will be at
"McKenzies" Rage at the river. As the banner sponsor for the event McKenzies could make an effort to have me (SDHQ) not be allowed to vend on site. SNORE would likely laugh at them but if they wanted to flex like that but, they could. (Instead, Nick from McKenzies and I will probably argue over who is buying who dinner. After we will be doing shots with PCI and RR staffers) 4WP could try and big money me out of being at Hammer Town. Nitto could do it to BFG. Polaris could do it to Can Am. But we don't do that to each other because we aren't buttholes and this is a small industry. I regularly say "If we don't all work together, none of this is gonna work" and I am certain I am right. The Boss at Big Blue Radios has shown hes not into cooperating like that and that's his right. How I/others react to that is our right. His people, the boots on the ground guys who go to events, those are some rad dudes though.
And while I feel like everyone is "a little pregnant" and hope this goes away for all of our sakes, misrepresenting stuff to a government agency is probably a bad thing for, well, everyone.
Make sense?