Stewart will continue to make money and be in the media all because of people like the ones that are posting on this site. Everyone is OBSESSED with him. Love him or hate him, that is reality. There are pleanty of riders who have gotten hurt just as much, and had terrible luck, but since they aren't so closely followed and hated/loved/obsessed over, nobody cares! For example, How many times has tommy Hahn been hurt? He gets a podium, finally gettig on track, and is now hurt again (I wish the best for him by the way) But there are no threads obsessing about him and his life, saying he is dedicated or not, focused, that he is done and washed up etc. Stewart won 4 moto's this year and people are more negative about him than anyone else... It's just really funny to me.
Point is, we can all speculate what we think we know because of all the technology and resources we have, social networking etc... But that's all it is, TALK! Just let everyone ride for christs sake! Everyone sitting behind their keyboard talkin about what they think is going on is just that, keyboard racing. Some days I wish I lived in the 90's... Racers could do their own s**t and we just watch them ride...