Just to clarify, my question re who is Mr Phillips was just that - a question. He wrote what seems to be a reasoned article, and it looks like he has some say in things, but I just do not know who he is!
As a general comment, I just cannot help but think that the same will happen to motorcycle racing in general, and the TT in particular, as has happened in so much else - lots of change followed by a realisation that what went before had a lot going for it, followed by a return to much of the old stuff - if any of that made sense!
The world is waking up to the fact that multiculturalism is not the same as making a country welcome all who want to live that country's way, that making exams easy does not mean more qualified people but more people with less-worthy qualifications.....
Maybe the future will see some of the bumps, twists, and turns on the Mountain Course re-established, separate races for production and 'pure' racing machinery reintroduced, a minimum noise level of, say, 110 decibels made mandatory bringing back the excitement of the sound of power (ever hear of Formula 1 cars being silenced? - not a chance!!).....just some thoughts to stir the pot in the long period before the centenary races!!