Originally posted by jdc2000
If recumbents were allowed you would wind up with the same problem as F1 racing has - the teams with the most money would win, since the technology of the bicycles would have more effect on the results than the performance of the riders.
On the contrary, the biggest asset a team has now is it's riders. If you have a good team, you have a distinct advantage. The riders cost a lot more than the bikes. So I think the team money advantage would actually diminish with recumbents because the other riders' drafts wouldn't benefit the lead rider as much. It would be far harder to suck wheels on a recumbent than an upright.
But I agree, the fan turnout would decline severely.