[EricH]

For Leav:

1) Generally, top-8 teams will be talking to other teams that they'd like to pick. Not talking to them can result in bad things like them beating you in the eliminations. It's happened before.

2) I've never heard of it happening.

3) Pick one of them and see what happens. If they don't like it, they can decline.

For Wayne:

Certainly acceptable to ask. However, you may get such answers as, "We have a list, and you're on it [unspoken] at the bottom[/unspoken]." Worst case, they don't answer at all, or say, "We don't give out that information" or "Play well today and we'll consider it".