> 6 months is far more than enough time for the market to decide a fair price of an equity.

I disagree.

> The rule change never ended up happening, hence this post. There is zero "cheating", I don't understand why you keep harping on that.

The S&P ended up not making the change. Other benchmarks like the Nasdaq did, and they went way faster than 6 months. The Nasdaq specifically is going to allow these firms to be included after 15 days.