[EricH]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

I don't think you can use the Minnesota regionals as comparison for "quick turnaround means these teams chose not to go". The qualifying teams from 10,000 Lakes were 2826, (2826), 1714, 2470, 2500, and 1986. Only 2470, 2500, and 1986 were at the time not registered for Atlanta.

Actually... you can. To a point.

Guess what events were on Week 6? 10,000 Lakes, North Star, and MSC. You can't use Week 5 events, because they had a little more time. Week 6 events had to say, "We're going" and actually go within a couple of days.

A better comparison: Percentage of initial qualifiers that went, with "already registered" teams not included. For the MN events, that's 100%. For FiM, I'd have to crunch some numbers to give you an answer.