Reading an article in Auto Action talking to Will Power, he sounds like he is already preparing himself to run in IRL/Merged, whatever you want to call it. He mentioned that he'll probably be fighting for a top 10 when he was hoping to be a chance for CC crown.
Maybe all these articles being printed and causing probable trouble with venues is what KK was talking about when he said things have hit a road block now the media is involved.
I think they might have been trying to keep it a secret and just make one announcement, oh well people talk