User blog comment:Emptylord/Blogs/What if summoner spells had to be chosen in-game?/@comment-5969046-20130824195133/@comment-5877442-20130825170136

Basically, if you don't build Machete into a spirit item, you will sell it mid-late game. This removes Smite, should it be an active on Machete. Also, laners may possibly get Machete too, it's cheap, gives extra damage, '''and 5 people getting it is a lot of damage-5000 true damage late game, which may cause havoc in a Baron steal attempt, and stealing buffs/drag/baron will no longer be possible with abilities. Machete with Smite in a game changing Baron fight is more important than a full item, since each one has such a high chance of stealing it by itself, let alone 5 of them.'''

I actually think having Smite as a summoner is fine-you are paying for a huge nuke to minions/monsters and it has huge potential. Revealing junglers in the loading screen is an issue though, but most of the time, it doesn't matter (Katarina, Garen, or Amumu. Which one's jungling?), especially in competetive matches, where the player name gives it away anyway.