More accurately, Bernie offered a massive discount as mate's rates but then the us partners coudlnt' get their acts together and so Bernie's offer to the new guys was the normal fees. So not any more "unreasonable" than for any other circuit.

THEN the Texas gov decided they weren't happy giving them 10s of millions of $$$ for one of TWO races in the US.

So, I'm afriad all the blame sits on the US (dis)organisers who seem to have been NOT talking to each other towards a successful goal and instead just focussing on their own little needs/wants.

Hate him, but this time won't blame Bernie.