Thanks for all the input.
All of the comments are good, and will be considered and discussed by the planning team at an August event review.
To clarify a few things, just so people understand.
The only teams that are "automatic" are the previous years IRI champions, and the three host teams. Everyone else is subject to the same ranking criteria for the selection.
The event is not to invite the "elite" and I don't even know how to define that. The intent is to invite the teams that best fit our selection criteria. That includes season performance on the field, some awards, loyalty, special considerations and many other factors. And, teams have to apply, and they have to be able to attend (many teams struggle to travel in the summer.)
And, we are smart enough people to not publish the criteria, because there would be multiple "IRI prediction algorithms" running as soon as the CHP was done.
