I can not in reality totally agree with some of Tomcats comments, but the vast majority of what he is saying should be implimented. I will just try to explain why I think a few of them maybe hard to enforce or justify.

1) The requirement for ALL newcomers to the TT to have done the ManxGP may not be as easy to apply as you may think. What would happen to our antipidean freinds down south, or even those from America or further afield. Even if you take some of the real fast riders like Steve Plater, would you have asked him to have done a ManxGP before the TT? If so then what would be the outcome for the riders of the Manx, a top lad and a very good rider making it impossible for the people in the Manx to win without overstepping their level of ability. Cargo knows exactly what I am meaning, it sometimes isn't the guys at the top, (forgive me Cargo for that), but the riders who want a rep. This would mean theat they also have to go quicker to come within the % required of the winners time, and believe me it is getting harder and harder for the riders who just are there because they love it and getting a rep is their aim.

So what would you do to get past this? Let them in? and then you would have the worst of the worst them and us senario ever. I think that the riders who are accepted for the TT are viewed in a way by the committee that their past results are a main key factor. Those that have raced on roads before also would be viewed in a better light. Don't forget that even some of thsoe people who attained the TT course licences are not guaranteed a ride.

2) I think it would be very hard to find any sort of H&S/HF team to fully understand the requirements of the TT, with the rules and regulations of the ACU, eg. Stewards, race officals, marshals, DCOC's and COC's. Rules of entry, FIM and others. It is really a mine field of legislation already for those who have the required level of both experiance and expertiese. I think I would prefer someone who has done it and learned from mistakes rather than someone totally new to oversee anything, and with my experiance of these sort of H&S/HF teams is it not something they would dwell on or even think about.

I think the other points are very well put and also very well balanced. Well done Tomcat!!!!