The wasteful partial linkage hindrance conjecture for finitary matroids

Let $M$ and $N$ be finitary matroids on a common ground set. For a set $I$, write $M/I$ and $N/I$ for the matroid contractions, and let $r(M/I)$ and $r(N/I)$ denote their ranks. An $(M,N)$-hindrance is an $(M,N)$-wave that does not span $N.\mathsf{span}_M(I)$, where an $(M,N)$-wave is a set in $\mathcal{I}(M)\cap\mathcal{I}(N.\mathsf{span}_M(I))$. Wasteful partial linkage hindrance conjecture. If there is an $I\in\mathcal{I}(M)\cap\mathcal{I}(N)$ such that

$$r(M/I)<r(N/I),$$

then $(M,N)$ is hindered. This proposes a criterion for detecting hindrance in the problem of finding an $M$-independent spanning set of $N$; the supplied text does not indicate whether the conjecture has been resolved.