[EricH]

Originally Posted by compwiztobe

However, I don't know that this would alleviate the problem as much as we would like. There are a lot of teams that don't do a thing until Kickoff rolls around, so they would continue buying everything in the build season crunch.

It wouldn't affect the teams at all. If the vendors know that such-and-such a motor will be legal and oh, by the way, it's been pretty popular in the past for applications similar to this year's game, they can build up an inventory cushion, knowing that there's a pretty good chance they'll sell out. This will reduce the lead times to teams, even during the heat of build season, as the vendors should have enough to deal with the initial rush and can order more earlier based on demand.