@meng, you, obviously, know much better than me the implications of the recent changes on the teams outside of US.
From my point of view, I saw only positive impact from the signature events where I am.
Few of our best local teams went there, got beaten by the best teams from other states, and came back with double the energy to improve their game.
The previous years they would get easy wins locally all season long and have limited incentive to improve.
Now it is almost like having two seasons in the time of one.