Not ideal
I guess in an idealistic world that would work. But that's not the realities. The "name brand" casinos don't want to participate because the finals are held at one of their competitors and they don't want the glory to go to someone else if they participate. This is where the Indian casinos pick up the slack. They are independent and by hosting a "satellite", they get recognition and more locals to visit their casino. The decision to host a "satellite" is up to each individual casino with almost no restrictions. If restrictions were put on them, there would be even more problems getting them to cooperate. That's just the way things have evolved.I still think that WSOB should be run along the lines of a Champions League. Split the country into several area divisons, run a series of qualifying tournamnmets in each area and rank players based on their performance in these. At the end of the season send the top 10 players or so from each division to the grand final which would comprise a series of tournies, again ranked with the top 6 players competing at a final table for the overall title WSOB champion. Seems to me to be a very vigorous way of determining the best.