Obviously this is going totally off topic, but I do think you should have to adjust your sight more than a couple of clicks to earn an MB!
Yes, perhaps we might want to move to a new thread if there is significant interest from people in this topic going forwards.
In general I agree with you. Personally I find the double 720 or 720/H2H boring and not much fun to shoot. I very much enjoy a field course, 1440 or Y/H. In fact, the changes in the target competition scene of late has pushed me further towards field and into doing more and more EFAA competitions over the last 2 years. I also agree with you that there is more to MB/GMB than just shooting accurately - for example adaptability and stamina (recall the
previous discussion here on AI on this topic when AGB first started talking about this).
You also open up a can of worms with questions like 'can you also therefore claim MB on a Western, or a National etc.?' and risk the separation into people who feel they achieved a 'real' MB vs. the 'easy' MB. Not to even get started on how you set the scores on each round (theoretically handicaps, but there are known issues with this system I am working to correct, and this doesn't account for the longer shoot, changing distance etc. aspects).
However this is just my opinion.
The opinion of others, including the higher-ups at AGB, is that the long distance competitions are in decline (a result of their changes to rankings and the higher changes of WA to move international competition in this direction, thereby dictating what national governing bodies are preparing for) and there is the fear that, as a result, the MB/GMB could disappear with them. Add to this that the UK's international squad struggle to qualify for MB/GMB due to focussing on the 720/H2H and that they/AGB feel like they deserve the award for being 'the best' (for the given definition of best by AGB and WA).
This is the discussion I am having with AGB and others in support of changing MB availability to the 720.
There are valid points to both sides. Indeed, as you allude to, one of the questions that has come up is 'if you can get a score on a 720, how many, as getting it in one weekend at a double-double competition doesn't seem right?'.
Whatever your opinion I encourage you to email AGB (Katy Cumming) to ensure that your opinion as a grassroots member is heard from beyond the Lilleshall echo chamber. This is an award for, and they are here to represent, all archers in the UK.