If the fans don't buy the sponsors' products, the sponsors go away, the teams shut down and the drivers are out of business. Which would tend to negate the usefulness of a sanctioning body to officiate, orchestrate, administrate, pontificate and deteriorate the sport. As such, the fans deserve to be treated with the respect their hard earned dollar and long term love of the sport entitle them to. Let them make an educated choice whether they wish to continue buying tickets to races with whatever restrictions are going to be placed on them. Hey, I might of fallen off the turnip truck yesterday and had my perceptions altered by a misspent youth, but I sure as Hell ain't going to stand in front of the Exit doors if that happens.
Silence is tantamount to acceptance.
For a sponsor, team owner, driver, or media member to accept the fact the fans are getting the dirty end of the stick as long as they, themselves, don't surrender any rights reflects an upside down view of the world. And throughout the entire heated Article Four debate, not a word has appeared on NOL about the issue, unless you read the fine print where the rules are offered with no apologies and no explanation. If that sort of coverage satisfies you, all well and good. I'm afraid you're about to be satisfied. Even the watchdogs aren't letting out much of a yip on this one.