Could it be as simple as maybe a large thread like the original Wentz thread was causing some behind-the-scenes issues with overall site administration & maintenance that we don't know about, and then here comes a chance to kill two birds with one stone? ............…. 1. a valuable lesson to previously-warned posters of political asshattery (
on both sides, of course ), and 2. getting a new more manageable Carson Wentz thread started.
I have no idea, I'm just speculating in the off-season.