Ummm... Just a question here... Is IFMAR a profit or Non-profit organisation? Because Nascar is a "For" profit organisation... They would hold their races in the same town every single week-end if it was the most profiatble way to go in the long run. profit is what the decision makers at NASCAR consider when developping schedules, calendars, rules, etc....
I thought IFMAR was non-profit (please correct me if I'm worng). If they are, that means their job is not to make profit, but to promote the sport all over the world, wherever they have membership and develop it in areas where there is no membership. Even if this means holding smaller events in areas and not pleasing the "for profit" companies, like SA. That,s if they are non-profit... Now if I'm wrong, and they are "for-profit", then obviously the above analysis is correct and somebody at the IFMAR marketing department should be whipped then fired...
All this "security" discussion is rubbish in my oppinion. There are sound financial reasons for the big companies not to go. But for reason they don't want to seem cheap...
So they are blaming it on security...
Just my 0.02$