While looking at the FiM final standings, I noticed that 7 of the 18 teams that qualified did not choose to attend Atlanta. At first I thought this might be because of the quick turnaround, so I looked at the Minnesota regionals. I found that for each of the Minnesota regionals, every team that qualified did attend Atlanta.
Here are the teams that qualified through FiM that did not choose to attend Atlanta:
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FiM Rank Team # Atlanta Nominee Rank
14 910 9
17 2620 12
18 2188 13
19 326 14
24 818 16
25 66 17
26 703 18
I know 910 has said publicly that the didn't have the money to go, nor did they have the urgency to go (no seniors).
As part of the pilot process, has anyone (or will anyone) follow up with those teams to see why they chose not to attend Atlanta? I think that might say a lot about how the FiM model worked.