[1rudeboy]

Leading to the second fundamental irony in these arguments: in my opinion, it's not very "conservative" to argue for changes in the rules to make things more "fair," when doing so would simply muck things up even worse (e.g., NCAA football).

[lacrew]

Don’t misunderstand...I’m not at all lobbying to change the rules or tournament structure.

I’m just pointing out that the structure will never be hugely popular with a US audience.