Who cares? We aren't in it. And it will probably change again.
We aren't in it in 2013. The discussion is regarding 2014, for which we should be eligible.
It's ridiculous in that you are now extending the tournament another day, so it is basically an entire week long. Contrast that with the old days, where you could take one day off of work, on Friday, and attend the entire tournament, now you really need to take a week off.
It also sucks, if you are a fan of a team that is off on Wed, and you are in from out of town, and you don't even get to see you're team play that day.
Besides that, though, I think it is an improvement to to have the upper seeds play in the round of sixteen, and do away with the single and double byes. I look at the first games as more of a play in, than byes for the other teams.
Now, only four teams would have to play five days to win, with the rest four. That's better than eight teams needing five, four teams needing four, and four teams only needing three.
The sixteen teams lent itself perfectly to a four round tourney, before, but they got caught up in the buys.
