I think we need to hear from the team in regards to the scope of doing something like this. I'm not a fan of rentals personally as I've made no effort to hide over the years, but I am also curious to see if the new rewards cards with increased SPS incentives and the move to increase the amount of voucher cards, which should ultimately drive up the value of vouchers, is enough to encourage and further incentivize staking.
One theory I have is that if we look at the number of champ players and realize that they're going to need 5m SPS each (owned or rented) to maximize earnings with the new reward card structure, perhaps we could have a massive immediate impact on the SPS rental market.
Even if we assume that our largest stakeholders maximize their rentals by keeping 5m SPS in their accounts for playing and delegating out the rest, what's that look like? maybe 120-130m SPS available for rent across the board? Divide that by 5 and maybe 25 champ accounts worth of SPS available for rent. I think that could be absorbed quickly and it's not like we have to wait more than a couple of weeks to find out.
I'll be back home in like 2 days and I'll reach out to @davemccoy and the team to see what they think of the scope of work and see if they want to weigh in on this issue. Historically the team has been in favor of rentals as an ease of access mechanic and with enough incentives, maybe they can work.
At this point, I'm just "undecided" I suppose. I'll think more on the topic as I finish up the HIVEfestivities and head home.