This creates a situation where it's tough to go back down. That's because anyone who has used the platform over the last 30 days would now have a 10 month advantage over any new users that started today at the lowered distribution rate. This will dissuade new users from joining the ecosystem as they will have little way to excel in comparison to the early adopters.

Right. And no new members will certainly be a major blow, perhaps even worse than a depreciating token value - the token will find a level though, where as it could be impossible to attract new members if they have no chance to grow.

To remedy this we will be deploying an update as soon as it can be coded into the system where earnings will be rewarded as SPORTS POWER instead of just liquid SPORTS.

Hurray! 50/50, 75/25, or even 100/0, SPORTS POWER/Liquid has to be the way to go to counter the free-fall we are seeing (mainly imo due to the largest delegator cashing the lot out instantly as they cannot believe how good the deal is v's Steems other bots). Hopefully the delegates will then use this vested SPORTS power to curate and promote good content from newer accounts as an indirect way to grow their investment.