Yes.

But not so that bike racers have a come-to-Jesus moment about their obligation to attend races. Because if the bike racing model isn’t working, then it needs to be rebuilt with serious changes in how the sport is organized.

People who put on bike races can stand on their heads and spit wooden nickels from here to eternity but putting on races is not enough. You need to have a cycling scene which creates a desire to race in as many people as possible. Every time someone is written off as unimportant to bike racing because they’re not part of that male masters demographic that shows up at crits, that’s one less person who is interested in USAC-style bike racing. And one more person who gets involved with some other aspect of cycling besides USAC-style bike racing and feeds the success of that.

If the entire system collapsed, there would be a better chance for substantive change which ultimately would be a good thing.