In the past, some post-Olympia euro shows have had pretty good lineups. They claim dialing it in is very difficult to do twice in a year.
Those shows also had pretty big purses I believe, so it made sense to compete (already in shape, good money up for grabs).
why do the TOP 5 Olympians show up for to that shit hole and not the shit hole of Ohio
It's an expanding market with huge opportunities to make some money. The grand prix shows that used to follow the Olympia were always about business and promotion.Pretty simple to understand, really.