[Guthrie]

The simple solution to the bloated main event is to raise the entry fee to $50K, $100K, whatever. Then have regional qualifiers, in Las Vegas, Tunica, Atlantic City, Paris, wherever. The satellites feed the qualifiers, the qualifiers feed the main event. If anybody wants to buy a seat directly into the main event for cash, let them. If online sites want to run satellites direct to the main event, let them. You'll still have a lot of players in Las Vegas for the main event, and you'll have a gigantic purse. You'll also have a much larger TV audience. They don't go directly from the regular season to the Super Bowl.