Kentucky Mac wrote:
Get rid of the lottery entirely. Add those slots to the new IM races. It's a world championship. Treat it like a world championship.
1. eliminate the lottery - do lottery slots for something like AZ, CdA, Placid.
2. eliminate the celebrity entries - If Gordon Ramsey wants to do an Ironman let him get in line to register for one of the other races like everyone else.
3. eliminate the remaining KQ slots at 70.3 events - Eagleman, St. Croix. At this point the 70.3 series is well established - no reason to give out any KQs. I'd be okay with giving a slot to the 70.3 world champ from each AG. for the following year.
4. eliminate the legacy program entries - sorry, it's a world championship, not a competition of who can be more damn stuborn and do the most slow IMs in their lifetime.