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I would vote for leaving the satellite system as it is. I like being able to play sats once in a while, without worrying about whether I'll be able to play the particular tourney I'm qualifying for. I usually don't even care when I enter, since I'm just playing for T$.

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This bold part pretty much makes my exact point. With T$ selling at 99.5% there are way too many people playing these just to sell the T$. Back when you could buy at 95% or so it was different.

I really think Stars should create some way for players to trade and sell W$/T$ between themselves.

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How long ago were T$ selling for 95%?

I play for T$ so that I can play SNGs as well as Tourneys. This flexibility makes them attractive to me. I'm not grinding satellites by any stretch of the imagination. I'm a recreational player. I'm also a net buyer of T$, because of the slight discount. The only time I remember selling any was when someone offered 100%.

And Stars obviously has a way to trade and sell W$/T$, that's what makes the existing market. The actual market is handled by the internet (2+2, etc.), but the execution happens on stars. That's also what makes folks feel safe about buying T$/W$, Stars handles the transaction. What I think you meant was for Stars to provide a way for buyer and seller to get together. But frankly, I don't think that's a big business for them.

In fact, they collect money when people play the sats with real $. When people win T$/W$, Stars is better off if it sits in their account, since it's an IOU against Stars, and they don't pay any interest on it. The more W$ and T$ that sit unused, the better off they are, I suspect. Of course, the same is true for real $ in the account, except that I can't cash out W$/T$ without selling it for $ or playing a tourney and winning.