What a load of tosh! They tried these Mickey Mouse cups before with U21 teams. It is an excuse to get these teams into the Football league structure as is happening in Scotland. I can see this being boycotted by fans, myself included, like the other cups or trohies or whatever they were.
Keep the FA Cup in it's original format. The PL is killing grass roots football. Let them sod off and do their own thing and leave the FA Cup and Football League alone!