I have never understood why there is so much secrecy over who gets what at the TT or at any other meeting for that matter.

The organisers will pay what they can afford to the riders that they think will bring in the most revenue. There is an accountant somewhere that has worked it all out.

I get my little bit of travel allowance and if I suddenly lapped at 120mph became good looking and a lot younger overnight I would be asking for as much as I could get. (sadly I don't think it will happen).

With regard to the TT course licence, I think that we should go back to qualifying for the international licence and scoring points over 2 seasons to keep it. I don't think that anyone should be allowed to enter the TT if they haven't shown that they are good enough. The main problems with the TT course licence is that:

a) you can finish last in all your races and still qualify for the licence.

b) if you have a bad start to the season and pick up an injury you may not be able to get enough meetings in to qualify for the following season. It should be based on results over 2 seasons.

Anyway back to the thread.
Tell everyone what everyone is getting then there will not be any problems with exaggeration and speculation.