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Originally Posted by AndyS
The issue for me is the use of promoters by the FIA. In its current form it doesn't work.
I'm sure there is a reason, but why the FIA don't run their various categories in house I've never understood.
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The reason is that the European Union intervened:
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/pres...l/en/IP_99_434
Now football is undergoing similar issues:
https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/...cp230203en.pdf
The EU is somehow pushing for the North American model, where professional sports teams can join and leave leagues with total freedom.