[Rick]

I don't know why we are inventing a problem that does not exist. This year my team and 60 others were allowed to compete in Atlanta from the waitlist.

SO:

This means that teams from tiers 2-6 did not filll those spots.
Some teams did not know about or forgot to add themeselves to the waitlist.
My team did not qualify for Atlanta in the least and still went along with winning nothing major last year.
As long as your main team contact is on top of things there should be no problems with teams who really want to go.