Originally Posted by ninerdriver

Because:
- The announcement came from left field.
- The announcement instantly removed one (maybe two?) regionals from death row and instantly put one (maybe two?) other regionals on it.
- AA and DL probably will play copycat. Who knows how that will change the regional playing field?


The announcement is a game-changer. Everyone flying for a regional ultimately is playing that same game. We're all taking notice.