Surely what Humphrey is saying is that BSI thought it was fine at one time for riders to go to GPs and only have a couple of races UNTIL they changed the format!! BSI clearly didn't worry then about the rider's prep and lack of media coverage, did they think the riders were factory sponsored perhaps, did they not care then about the programmes, the tv graphics, the signage .......
But that's all in the past, they've messed the riders around, used and abused them as the old saying goes and decided the old tried and tested format is best, fancy that!