You guys are sounding a bit silly, come on now.
No one is saying we want a future of the milly that is a tougher field. What we want is a future of the milly. The parent company of WPN may be financially sound but they probably didn't get that way by handing out 6 figure overlay's on a weekly basis. In order for the milly to become a permanent fixture they need more players. In order to get more players they need to attract players outside the US.
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Why would the network want more EU regs at the risk of having less US recs? IF the numbers pointed towards more US recs than before, then it was a success.
Why would having more EU players impact US rec attendance? This makes no sense to me. First of all we're talking about a $540 buy in so I doubt there are many rec direct buys. But a time that is more EU friendly may attract some EU recs too, no? And as far as recs go, wherever they are from, they have little clue or care about field strength anyway, they want big prize pools and big numbers, for as cheap as they can get. If the milly becomes sustainable and a regular fixture on WPN, it could grow to be a $320, and eventually a $215, which is ideal and will attract even more recs. But they have a long way to go to reach that point and it starts with not hemorrhaging such big overlays now that the parent company says no more.
As far as yours/mine/everyone's desire to have more rec players if possible... 99% of rec players that would play a $540 without satelliting in from micro levels or freerolls have a day job. A tournaments run time, start and finish, impacts their decision to play. An earlier time is likely to attract MORE recs than a late time because they can get a run going and still go to work on Monday.