So, I don't know how to double quote, but this one and the one above it are valid concerns. Aligning with the PDGA is a good forward thinking model and I hope it ends up that way. But it should be give & take. The PDGA should look at large scale tours like this and see if sanctioning can be redefined in some sense. It's in the PDGAs interest to help companies/people running tournaments and tours a business, not a charity. There needs to be flexibility.
The PDGA is a small piece really. For tours and tournaments to be a business venture and for TDs to turn into managers and their volunteers into employees there has to be a massive influx of sponsorship money. That wont happen overnight and the PDGA does not have a magic wand. Maybe Latitude needed to exclude the PDGA this go around to do the car thing and get a real following so they have that marketing leverage for future sponsorship negotiations.
I love what DGPT/DGWT/Latitude are doing because it's laying a foundation for event/tour management to become a business. Hats off to them, because it's a risky venture. Our question was answered - car over sanctioning. It sounds like the 2018 next gen tour could end up being PDGA sanctioned and Lyle can sleep peacefully.