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“Professional cycling requires a formal transfer system in order to grow the sport”
Agree35%
Neutral10%
Disagree55%
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Hard disagree. A transfer system rewards the richest teams and turns rider development into a bidding war. The current structure, for all its flaws, keeps some competitive balance.
Balance is already gone though — look at the budget gap at the top. A regulated transfer market with a solidarity fee could redistribute money down to Continental teams.
A solidarity fee only works if it's enforced. Who polices that? The UCI can barely manage the calendar.
A transfer window would give smaller teams real leverage and a development pathway — right now riders are locked into contracts that don't reflect their value. Football figured this out decades ago.
Genuinely torn. The growth argument is real, but "grow the sport" can't just mean more money at the top. Would want to see the model details before I'd back it.