I feel that the positive feelings towards Hutt Ball in this thread would be appreciated in this thread:
http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=54751
missing the big picture. having this area lends itself to in-game tournaments, a new social environment that hasn't been created before in other MMOs BG / Arena play (as far as I know, in game streaming of other matches has never been done), etc.