This is one of the points raised now they have dropped the smaller classes. They seem to forget it is the independants who have always keep the TT going. Whilst the big teams have alot of say without the smaller teams the field would be none existant. The TT and the manx are endurance events which need to be planned around work time etc. if it was cut down to a weekend riders might not bother as the time to prepare the bikes out weighs the short time on the island