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Message: [QUOTE="GunslingerZ, post: 785008, member: 24073"] I think this could be good for poker. First off, you have to realize that [I]every[/I] sport evolves. They make rule changes, some major, some minor. Nothing should be set in stone for the rest of time, or the world and it's modern advances will pass it up. Look at what the WSOP ME was in 1971, and look at it today. It is the same thing? It's not even close. It will be radically different in 40 more years. Maybe this change won't work, and they will change it back. But they're trying something that might generate more interest. Which leads to my next point, which is about poker itself. Yes, a major part of this decision is just about money and marketing and capitalization. But what all this exposure will also do is [I]help legitimize the sport[/I]. Getting more viewers, and more people interested in the players who make the final table, can be a HUGE step towards making the general public accept poker, and hopefully, online poker, as a game with more skill involved then maybe they previously thought. I hear the arguments that this isn't the "true" test of the 2-week grind for the main event winner. And that sponsorships or coaching will "change" what the ME final table has been. But I think those changes will be minor compared to the possible great effects this can have on the industry as a whole. Plus I think the most skilled player will still have the best chance of winning. This is where I completely disagree!!! A rule change in any other sport doesn't affect me. But this one can lead to MORE amateurs watching and saying, hey I can play that game. It can lead to LEGALIZING online poker. It can lead to MORE donkeys coming to my casino or depositing on my poker site, which will lead to money in MY WALLET. [/QUOTE]

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