Yes they are encouraging close contact. They are saying go ahead and make that racing pass because don?t worry everyone has a brake lever guard, everyone has turned their bike from a road bike towards a race bike, so they?ll be expecting it.they aren't encouaging close contact though are they,just helping to prevent avoidable accidents (and thats the key word here"accident").as for boycotting,well,how childish+immature is that?
you wont be dong many trackdays then when it';s made mandatory by all tdo's,or at least at all msv circuits.
My hope is obviously that enough people will support a boycott so that MSVT will change to take a reasonable approach of education not enforcement