1. this isnt Florida, we dont have have anywhere close to the number of people/teams to even compare. If I felt the market here could take the change then yes I agree, however people are choosing sides based on regions and who they connected with. If anything I see both USA and IFA folding due to lack of funding allowing UTRIP to take over completely.
Would you believe they said the same thing in Florida. That there wasn't room for PGF and that USA/ASA had a stranglehold on the top teams and they would never go away from USA/ASA. Took less than 18 months before PGF was dominant. Same with our travel league - the other league had 'all the teams' and there wasn't enough for a rival league... 3 leagues later and they effectively no longer existed - 5 years in and they gave up.
Having only one choice and lack of competition - especially long term - leads to complacency and drop in customer experience because people have 'no choice'. Change is scary. Someone will come out the winner and with a bit of luck that will benefit everyone but the loser organization.