If that's what the sun is saying that's a serious accusation held against the pigeon sport. This is when the various unions of the sport should be stepping in and finding out why they have written such statement world wide. Will this happen, I don't think so.
This must be a joke trying to ban this eh. It brings into the economy what they are saying around a £100 million. Why should they ban this, looks like the are trying to stop everything.
So why does organisations choose to race more or less the same route year in and year out with ybs. Looks like the same route is for some and not the others.
Some will agree and some will disagree, but at the end of the day, they are there to stay and not the pigeons, no matter what route is decided by what organisation.