Yes it would mske the sport a closed shop restricted to riders who had taken the conventional path. I believe Alberto Puig was good at running the young rider program he ran, but under the system proposed someone like him could potentially be the main arbiter of who gets a shot at GP bike racing in the first place, and after that entry to the premier class might depend on who gets on a bike with the best run teams in moto 2, selection for which could involve politics as well as riding talent,. As you say there would also be no allowance for latecomers like Mick Doohan who declared himself in his mid 20s guest riding in WSBK iirc. The guys who are best in moto2 might not necessarily be the best in motogp anyway., which was definitely the case with the riders you mention back in the days of the 500 formula when for a while success on super bikes translated better than success in the 250 gp class did. I have a feeling that promotion and relegation as proposed would result in new entrants to the premier class mostly being teenagers as well. for good or ill.
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