Just a few random ideas to make Ironman from a lifestyle tourism company into a sport (again ?):
1. Most important: Pay the pros, like you want to represent a proper sport
2. Skip all commercial slots (CEO, legacy ...)
3. Create a 2 tier qualification system (ironmans to qualify for continentals, continentals to qualify for kona)
4. Kona: Small field, Men and Women, the best of the best, yearly, rigourous drafting rule enforcement
5. Continentals: One major race per continent spread over the year, small field, rigourous drafting rule enforcement
6. Major Series: 3 out of 6 (5 Continental Races + Kona, double points for Kona)
7. Time Limits on all agegroups based on science (if an agegroup has no suitable competitors - less slots)
8. Fixed number of slots per race
9. Don't abuse slots for world championships to try to boost failing races
10. Let Women start 30 minutes ahead of men (so that the fastest women get a fair race without agegroupers influencing the womens race)
1. Most important: Pay the pros, like you want to represent a proper sport
2. Skip all commercial slots (CEO, legacy ...)
3. Create a 2 tier qualification system (ironmans to qualify for continentals, continentals to qualify for kona)
4. Kona: Small field, Men and Women, the best of the best, yearly, rigourous drafting rule enforcement
5. Continentals: One major race per continent spread over the year, small field, rigourous drafting rule enforcement
6. Major Series: 3 out of 6 (5 Continental Races + Kona, double points for Kona)
7. Time Limits on all agegroups based on science (if an agegroup has no suitable competitors - less slots)
8. Fixed number of slots per race
9. Don't abuse slots for world championships to try to boost failing races
10. Let Women start 30 minutes ahead of men (so that the fastest women get a fair race without agegroupers influencing the womens race)