Brands Hatch to lose WSB

 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/motorbikes/7680952.stm

Looks like arguments over money are having an impact throughout the
sport.
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Champ

 Champ wrote:

Now this I don't get. PGSport forces one of the biggest events off their
calendar due to a very big fee increase. We only hear one side here, but
the assumption is that the event can't really make money at that level,
unless they increase ticket prices sufficiently that it might materially
impact attendance. So does that indicate that the promoters haven't been
able to attract sufficient event sponsorship, haven't been able to bring
in enough income from other sources?

Or is FGSport being incredibly greedy, deciding they want to share the
wealth at a top event attendance-wise? Is this yet another example of
the Flamminis' mismanagement of this series? Does this indicate that the
series' Phoenix-like rise from the ashes is really a fiction, that the
departure of the factories (and their stars) in the early part of the
decade is a bill still being paid? Has the Miracle of the Spec Tire not
really paid off at the cash register? Is this related to the same forces
that explain the shitty salaries paid to top riders in this series today?

Anyway, the UK is now down to one race, for the first time since 1992 -
what's happened to "Superbike Island"? Italy still gets three, btw. And
WSB loses one of its touchstone, defining events, rivaled only by Monza
today. How much does this hurt WSB overall?