Matt

The flap / spoilers are nice But I was refering to the text.

Scott, FAI is, and will always be steered by knowledge at the top of the game. It is where the Experience is. not to take away from anyone contributing to the debate it is just the facts. Mike R. is at the" tip of the spear" so to speak and if he cannot garner the support
everything else is just noise.
At top level competiton in any sport ,rules and changes can be taken advantage of Quickly by Agenda`s not known to the average competitor. The Sport is now tied in with Manufacturing the products, which means Money (lots of it) is involved to make these products ,sell, refine ECT. no one would have even thought this possible a few short years ago.

At the top of the heap! are the guys Sponsored to create and use these products,Then, give the feed back about the use to the Manf.
In many cases, there are things in the pipeline made for competition that is not known about to the casual player for many years.
Slow walking changes no matter what they are, is not only proper, But needed in competition that seperate the top 10 by just a handfull of points.

When you focus the rules to restrict something thats already been in place for many years it will always get shot down.
I`m sure weight changes will get more noise in the next cycle, However Electrics will continue to get better lighter and cheaper.
The equality is the fact that it does not hinder anyone at the moment from being competitive,and the expectation that Electric could win the WC in the last 4 events (8 years) is reason alone not to tamper with the rules for "equity sake"

It has been a very long time since the US had the muscule to Whip the votes to our wishes ,(read Ron Chidgy) and I sorry to say we will not see that again probably ever. Europe has the ball and I think for the most part they are doing a fine job.

Bryan