I hate to say it, but this was negotiated and not brought up, by those represented those not on par, for redress until everything was set in stone awaiting signatures. If you were to fix it then there were others who wanted what they wanted addressed as it was a package full of gives and takes.
That's how it was explained to me when I brought it up to the merger chair after it was talked about on this thread last year or sometime before that.
Somebody failed to do their job. I'm all for fixing it. I'm also for fixing other issues too. I think the whole PWA needs to be looked at soon.
btw, a plebe/rat/newbe/knot/greenhorn/et.al. like myself would have never known to ask if someone (presumably Hockey) hadn't talked about it here. See, this thread serves a purpose.