I understand, the "babying" of foreign teams isn't something any American cheerleader appreciates. You have all worked just as hard to get there, and yet just because team A is from a country where only 3 teams are going, they go to finals, however I think it needs to continue for a little while. The changing of the international scoresheet is doing NOTHING to push teams to further tumbling, so why not change something like that(I know it's been changed now for the next 3 years) before changing who goes to finals? See if it has the desired effect for 1-2 seasons, maybe 3, THEN tell the other countries that their spots are no longer "guaranteed". Like I said earlier, the international teams are stepping it up. I know the 3 IOAG 5 teams from Canada outscored teams from America (one of them even placing top 3 after day 1), and a team from Canada won IOAG 6, and Bangkok obviously is a good example, but I still think it needs a few more years before basically getting thrown to the sharks(no pun intended), if that's the expression I'm looking for?
Also, and maybe this is wishful thinking, but maybe if USASF takes finals down to 10 per division, they will also start to see less need for 345938745 bids going out during the year, as they're wasting their time with a vast majority of them, however as I said, this is wishful thinking, they wouldn't make NEAR the amount of money if only, let's say, 15 teams in small senior went to Worlds.