But we see the same thing happening in every sport, in every branch of athletics, in every team sport, in every format. Even ....... golf, ferchrissakes, which fat middle-aged men used to be able to win, is filling up with younger, fitter kids who actually train. Snooker was the same: 20 years ago, it was all men in the 30s and 40s; now it's young men in the early twenties.
It's just the professionalization of all sports. Every athlete, in every discipline, trains more, trains more scientifically, trains more effectively, than they ever did before. Even Colin Edwards (last of the holdouts) has to work his ... off just to keep up.
It's called progress. There are some morons who think progress is a bad thing. They either become tourist attractions who end up with congenital defects such as dwarfism and an unreliable finger count, or they go live in caves (or well-guarded compounds in the middle of a garrison town) and blow .... up for no good reason. Yes, progress has its downsides, but the balance is always positive.
It would definitely change the sport. It wouldn't change the outcome.
Thanks for your reply a few posts back to my comment on "strange"
"What he meant by that (I asked the same question at Assen) was that all forms of sport have become more professional. Look at cyclists from the 70s and now, there's about a 5kg difference for the same body size. Same with rugby players, football players, everything. More training, and more specific training, has made everyone better."
I can go along with that.
But I'll differ with you on the above: "It wouldn't change the outcome." - if the changes were made and we got back to more "fighting" for the lead - ImO we'd see a lot more stuff like Laguna 2008, Assen 2006 to name a few of many "past" memorable events
