Protest unnecessary

Tuesday, 32 of the 33 men's Little 500 bike riders put down their bikes in protest to Team Major Taylor being allowed to race Saturday. \nIt was a protest in regards to freshman Joshua Weir being allowed to race despite once being ruled a Category I by USA Cycling. It was a protest that was pointless.\nWeir being allowed to race now is a moot point. The arbitrators who ruled on the case said that there was inconclusive evidence concerning Weir and if he had ever been a Category I rider. They said that Weir and Team Major Taylor could ride, and that all sides agreed the decision was final and binding. Despite the fact that conclusive evidence came a mere day later, saying Weir was in fact at one time a Category I rider, he and his team could still ride. No protests can change that now.\nThe other riders have gone so far as to write a letter submitted to IUSF, and then of course there was the bike incident on Tuesday, but none of it matters. Weir is going to race. Life doesn't always go as you want it, and this is a lesson all the other riders need to learn. Stop protesting, because nothing is going to change. Everything you are doing now is detracting from the one event you have been training for all year. But hey, if that's not more important, feel free to continue to protest. Nothing's going to change anyway.