I have been reading the IASF facebook page and there is a lot of interesting discussion. A few years ago an Industry Professional (maybe
@Drkilluzionz - my apologies if it wasn't you) told us to be careful what we wish for and I remember back then thinking his words had a lot of merit. Now here we are, and as many have suggested it's likely that these changes are being made due to the talk of cheer being an Olympic sport. This means that like other sports, the World Championships location would change and different countries would have an opportunity to host - which makes perfect sense, but obviously that would have a huge impact on the current Worlds competition as we know it.
Given the huge amount of changes that would be made, it seems to make the most sense to start with the ICU competition and establish rules, code of points/judging system, etc within that smaller group of teams. Have Team USA funded (at least in part) and that one team travels to the World Championship. Keep all star as it is now with gradual rule changes over the course of several years. It will be interesting to see what IASF comes back with regarding their latest rule changes and where this train is headed next.