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Message: [QUOTE="smd173, post: 785231, member: 2614"] When I first read about this today, I was outraged. Although reading through this thread there are some very good arguments on both sides of the coin. One thing I disagree with is that this move is bad for the pros. I think that while an amateur could improve vastly in 4 months time, the pro is going to pick up so much more from watching the broadcasts that they will be way better prepared on November 9th. Make no mistake about it, the WSOP Players Advisory Council is all about making things better for the pros under the guise of it being good for all. They are going to make out the best out of this. I bet they are even hoping that people read about this, become so enraged that they don't play the ME, thus shrinking the field and making it a smaller field (better for the pros). Next stop is a $20K buy in to weed the field out even more. I would be very surprised if any of the final 9 are able to obtain sponorships outside of the world of poker (PS, FT, etc.). While the pros hope that they will be decked out like NASCAR racers with Coke and McDonalds patches next to their FullTilt logos, I don't know that a 4 month break will make this a definite reality. I think Rob was the one that brought up the fact that this is being announced 2 months before the start of the ME. That is the most appaling aspect of this whole announcement. The WSOP schedule came out in January. This should have been announced then or pushed off until 2009. If this change does in fact stick, then the WSOP should definitely split into regionals like the NCAA basketball tournament. This way it would reduce travel for most players. You'd have a East Coast winner from Atlantic City, Southern Regional winner from New Orleans, Midwest winner from Harrah's Indiana, and a West Coast winner from Rincon and Las Vegas. [/QUOTE]

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