RE: Dave, John Brodak and I have been telling You!
I think ptulmer hit the nail on the head. Most people, when thinking of a sport tend to think of some level of physical activity over and above that of a couch potato. And let's face it, standing on the flight line swiveling our heads left and right doesn't exactly invoke visions of physical activity, sweat or potentially exhaustive effort. Nor does seemingly endless hours of inhalation of fumes from model airplane glues, paints, fuels, etc.
So let's face it, the public, both those in charge and those who we're expecting to share their recreational spaces with us, need to be educated and convinced of the sport like worthyness of this........our hobby. Of course, a national level effort at such education would be nice. But that might require the AMA to actually be noticed! However, I suspect they're too busy chasing bikes off the Muncie property to bother with a form of public relations like this!
The Mule