The only good I can see from it is that you would know who is the overall number one i guess, but anyones who has been to the worlds would know that the 20" sections are usually crazy buzy with people trying to push in all over the place, add the 26" in to that as well it will be bad, I'd be intrested to see what there plans are for starting? maybe UCI style? If the merge does happen I can see alot of people changing to UCI which is a shame as the BIU worlds have a nice feeling to them especially when your away for a few weeks together. Like Fred said the current rules work well, just scrap the gear rules.