If other categories need to pay to be on TV, rather than the other way around, why should ATCC be any different!?
Ummm..... because Supercars business model is based around
REC holders receiving money from TV .
It is a professional category and not a gentlemans club.
Obviously without TV money the category is not sustainable in its current form and couldn't provide income for the teams and their employees and suppliers.
But of course you knew that.