Believe half of what you hear, right?

The Italians are being "credited" with the decision, but as we all know, CoRs are selected by the defender well in advance, and undoubtedly, after reaching at least some level of agreement.

Of course, all you need to do is re-watch the presser with Dalton after they won, his words and especially expression screamed "Not over my dead body, I hate cats."

They obviously aren't convinced that cats add enough excitement to add enough fans to offset what they believe is lost by moving away from "tradition." Don't forget, they also paid dearly for everyone's excitement when they capsized.

I think that they're kidding themselves (or lying to the world) about ever lowering the cost or headcount (although, Dalton did call that out as a false goal in said presser). I also wonder how their foiling sloop, which is supposed to be as fast as a foiling cat (unlikely in light air), will solve the problem of boat separation that the match racing purists abhor...

Mike