Well, STL, you and Joyce would both be wrong. EAA doesn't offer tiered memberships.
We were talking about the Sport ticket as compared to the Private ticket and so forth. Developed mostly in part by the EAA.
There is still a problem with the light sport aviation: Once a pilot gets denied a medical, they can't ever fly again. So again, it's that FAA medical that gets in the way of anybody wanting to be a full-scale pilot. It makes me wonder if it was actually worth wasting the administration's time creating the category in the first place.
Problem? Re-read the FAQ's. Denied pilots can once again take the 3rd class test based on a new set of guidelines. Also you really don't want to take safety away 100%, do you?
http://www.sportpilot.org/faqs/Medical%20FAQs.html
This is something that can be worked out in time as well. If you know that you are going to fail the test before you take it, then why take it? Most people know their bodies pretty well. You can always get a physical from a non FAA doctor just to make sure. But even again, safety comes into play. There's no way to say that the Sport ticket does not open up more doors then it closes when you see 28 certifications by 1 class of airplane in a single year, just no way. Again, this Sport ticket like everything the EAA and AOPA does it aimed towards the vision of the future, not just for today.