Brian retired early as he I believe lost a bit of interest as he also had by that time a car business which was doing well. Although he subsequently rode for Southampton he was later to claim that his interest began to wane when Wembley closed.
I remember the late Tony Clarke interviewed during a meeting at Wembley saying he had only just built the bike that afternoon . It was the norm to take off the front wheel and have the rest of the bike sticking out of the boot . During his brief time at Wembley Steve Bast did not have his own equipment and rode the track spare supplied by the supporters club.
I see your point but in my experience in any organisation , committee etc there is normally one or two persons who are more dominant than the rest who tend to get their way
As I think Philip Rising says in an earlier post , there is no reason whatsoever that the BSPA can't at least acknowledge that there is a problem , rather than from fans perspective ignore it totally.