Dumb comments in this thread, if they didn’t do this in TBC the highest OCE team would be hardstuck 300 points lower than the r1 US team and literally couldn’t climb for titles.
Not to mention the bottom of the ladder would be deflated due to lack of players so you wouldn’t even be able to get your PvP set.
We’ve been matching into US players in retail for years and it hasn’t stopped anyone getting rank 1.
Use brain pls