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Expiring/Expired Courses - Why Renew?

Playing Devil's Advocate here:

I directed a race yesterday on a course I measured back in 1998, whose certification therefore expired 4 years ago.
The course hasn't changed a whit since its original measurement; in fact, I can still locate the PK nails at the start and finish lines. It is extremely unlikely any records will ever be set on it - the drop is probably outside the limits anyway.
It would only cost me the $5 VC & Registrar's fee to get the course recertified for another 10 years, but I feel little motivation to do so. I know the course is as accurate now as it was 14 years ago, and to me, that is what's important, especially to the runners.
So if I feel this way, can we expect race directors, who might have to pay several hundred dollars to get a course recertified, to view this as a worthwhile expense? Won't most say, "Our course is accurate, what difference does it make if its certification has expired?"
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