NASCAR Teams per Owner Cap for 2006

I heard the announcement that NASCAR has made a rule change for 2006 that an owner can have no more than 4 teams. They did this supposedly to help the situation with the mega-teams. Of course, the two main mega-teams, Rousch and Hendrick, are being grand-fathered in, and will have several years to comply with the rule.

Currently, each has 5 teams. Technically, they don't since any one owner doesn't have more than 2 teams. And if I understand correctly, the cap was two teams per owner previously. So, NASCAR has actually increased the limit. I don't see how this is going to change anything. I think they are going to force them to be in separate locations, but that does little to really affect the situation in my opinion. I don't see why they can't just enforce the current rule of two teams.

What's more annoying is that NASCAR are basically giving an indefinite time frame for the two offending teams to comply with the rule change. Talk about playing favorites. If NASCAR wants to improve its image with the fans with regards to enforcing rules, and being consistent with handing out penalties, then this rule change needs to be changed.

I heard a quote from Jack Rousch complaining that it was a direct attack on his teams, and that he was the only one going to be affected by the change. Hello, Jack! Have you forgot about Hendrick Motorsports? Besides, this really doesn't hurt either in any case. In fact, it makes it easier for them to have large mega-teams.