It always amazes me what key figures in this sport are so fondly attached to, what they'll go out of their way to defend, usually things that are detrimental to the integrity the sport... If only they cared as much for the legacy of this sport as they do their pathetic gimmicks.
The WRC gravy train would be far more lucrative for these figures if the sport was closer to what it was in the past, ironically, 'in their day', rather than the circus they're complicit in turning it into.