What do you mean by armed though? Armed with a gun or just whatever weapons they carry? If its a gun, its understandable since they never carry one....
It'd be great for the small market teams and give them hope that they can build a winner with good draft picks (Hibbert, George, Stephenson), trades...
I think that's the goal now though, they were all saying this is a prelude to the movie, or opens up the possibility. If they didn't do this then yes...