"Or are you, as I suspect, just jumping on the band wagon of a new story to try and make it fit your argument that Easykart have poor turnouts?"
Well, the document is fairly uncompromising. They cannot make enough money to survive. Whether one calls that a poor turnout or not depends on your point of view.
Reading between the lines slightly, in order to retain credibility as a global championship with credible national contributions, they have to have the support of the relevant national authorities. In the UK that is the MSA and for a variety of unspecified reasons (the document is long on unattributable hints but no concrete reasoning) they feel that they cannot meet the MSA requirements to run an authorised, recognised championship.
The accusation appears to be that the MSA has acceded to the widely stated demands of a majority of drivers, as evidenced by the green and white papers. These called for more prestigious championships, and fewer classes, which would eliminate Easykart among others. This is the simple result of democracy, the many posters here for example who demanded fewer classes so that it was simpler to choose a class, or one got longer races, often whipped up by the same demagogues who now demand the IKR be promoted and popularised so that one has more choice but shorter races.
The document is a carefully phrased political stance, a neat bit of PR, relying on the assumptions and perceptions of people rather than any established fact.
One could, on the face of the document, represent Easykart's position as wanting three things: firstly, the right to include any and all drivers in their events, thus significantly increasing their numbers, but without requiring those drivers to meet the requirements of the MSA;
secondly, the referential authority of an MSA championship even if they are no longer an MSA supported class;
thirdly, to avoid paying the MSA charges for running an authorised championship, improving their commercial position.
Alternatively one can represent Easykart's position as wanting:
the opportunity to hold an national championship as indicated by a substantial driver community, with links to the international community requiring the CIK/FIA liaison of the MSA;
to support the MSA by providing a logical route and stepping stone from a limited experience, locally recognised driver to an nationally experienced, nationally licenced driver;
to support the position of the MSA in providing sensible structures for the integrated control of the sport.
It is perhaps worth noting that the position that Easykart complain about is one that has been democratically demanded by drivers.
The green and white papers, as well as frequent posts and threads in the forums, found a common support for increasing the prestige of championships and restricting the number of classes available under MSA regulations, and the MSA have acceded to these demands.
Elsewhere we will find that a common complaint is the small number of drivers who actually contribute to the running of their clubs, for instance by attending the AGM or acting as officers, or making a response to the call for white and green papers.
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Easykart goes non-MSA by 'rpatrese' (31 Jul 2014 @ 10:33)
