Thank you for your clarification, I should have known I was buying into a myth...Team Canada was not 'asked/told' to go Premiere after continually winning. ICU simply made a rule where you could only be in 2 divisions. Since Elite was obviously easier for Canada they wanted to challenge themselves. Also- many level 5 cheerleaders are asked to refrain from doing Team Canada in order to concentrate on USASF Cheer Worlds