I’ve never wanted to do the FW. I still don’t. Pointless and overpriced exercise in futility.
But that’s the point isn’t it? You don’t have to want to do it, but you can still accept that other people see it differently and take something from participating in an event they see as iconic and important.
Most organised events are ‘pointless and overpriced’ if you’re going to look at it like that, 24-hour mtb racing, XC racing, downhill, enduro, etc. That’s kind of the point, it’s a conceit where participants kid themselves that it’s important because it’s important to them. And as a result it is. It’s a sort of suspension of disbelief scenario.
Sporting events generally? Pointless and overpriced exercises in futility… ban them now.