My daughter's team won a berth to the USAES-WFC in Kansas City and I am having some concerns about what I am seeing. I thought this was to be a true competition between teams that won a berth BUT I have now seen several teams from our state that did not win anything, some didn't even come close to winning or even placing in the top 5. It seems like berths are being given away to teams just because of their name or who they know, not based on coming in 1st or 2nd place in a qualifier. We didn't play this last year so I am curious if this was also done then? Doesn't it seem to cheapen the experience if some teams have to win a qualifier while others just get a freebie pass?