I think what he means is:
- last year everyone 'subsidised' the PBP hopefuls (although in vain, with hindsight)
- if I put on a BRM so that you can get your preferred international award, it may be that everyone else on the event pays the extra validation and gets nothing for it.
That's the way I read it too.
For the pre PBP and PBP qualifying season, organisers were (or at least I was) advised that it would be a good idea if they made their events (up to a max of 3 per distance) BRM.
Reason given was, it would ensure a bigger quota for AUK in the PBP entry lottery.
And was also advisd to up the entry price to cover the ACP validation, for those not interested in PBP - that does seem to be a form of subsidising
I will have to do the math, and see how much my events contributed to rider's PBP qualification - I suspect not as much as one might think.
