I agree that PA recording at higher frequency, even 24/96 might be (is) over kill!!!!! In most situations 44/16 is good enough for audience PA recordings.
And, yes, I guess my issue is more focused on documenting bit depth and sampling frequency.
Most of my recordings are FOB/ direct stage sound, acoustic ambient or on the stage recordings, with many of them being on the stage, with the more recent ability to record four channels mixed down to two with the future goal of four track. Read board/aud, ORTF/SPLIT Onmis or XY/Spot mics. Many of the folks I hang with and trade with record stage and FOB as I listed. That's why when I was told that the recording was DVD-A, only to find out that it was 24/48 I was a bit disappointed, hoping it was 96/24 or better yet 192/24.