re: Nashville Fights Back Against Sturgill

To me, the article reads as someone who is butthurt after Simpson "exposed" a problem with the industry. I wouldn't say that he has actively distanced himself from them but has rather been branded, by others, as the "savior". I don't really recall a time before this where I heard/read him say something negative about the music being spit out by Nashville. I think he finally just decided to say "to hell with it", when ACM decided to exploit the death of a Merle Haggard for personal gain and point out what most have been thinking for years.