Originally Posted by
tetonrider
This is so short-sighted, IMO.
Same with prize money for amateurs.
Yep, a few profit and yep, cheeper races are nice, but in the end it means people doing a bunch of work for less money, who then eventually quit when they've had the last straw over some Cat 4 or a Masters rider complaining loudly over some minor issue.
And indeed there are no shortage of folks with great ideas or know how to tell promoters how it should be done. But those actually pitching in to help, or put on races is pretty small. That's why promoters tend to not pay much mind to the suggestion box. A lot of work and thin margins.
Back in my work we had loads of volunteers, and loads of people who utilized services freely. In the end the policy that was in place was that if you didn't like something have an alternate suggestion and pitch in to see it manifest. If not...