I'm not sure why/where the evidence is to back up the statement that the audience don't want to engage with the Featherweights. I'm sure you know my background, investment and interest in Feathers, so to suggest they're not getting due airtime is unlikely.

The Featherweight fights get a far more detailed build up than the Heavyweight fights, there is far more description around the weight class, that they are a great entry-level point, where to go for the build rules, types of components used in building them - and as a result people are encouraged to engage with the featherweight teams even more so than the heavyweight teams as it is the gateway to the sport.

Of course the winner is announced, however during the large mele fights it simply isn't practical to try to cover the activities of every single robot, however to be clear the featherweights absolutely do get an 'engaging build up', and I'm sorry of you felt that your robot going out of the fight had come across as 'apparently not worth mentioning'

You literally have the power to engage them in your hands as you walk away after a fight carrying your robot, and ensure you are the one they 'engage with' in the next fight.

I'm not sure countering with 'it's not us it's them' is productive, it sounds like being part of the problem, not part of the solution.