I agree that there is no perfect solution, but I still think they could do better with all of this. As it stands now, it is kind of a big mess. In some regions a 34 qualifies you to regionals, but in other regions, girls scoring 36s can't qualify if they aren't in the top %age? That is nutty. As I pointed out at the beginning of this thread, you are not going to have an MLS soccer team competing in a tournament with ECNL teams. So why should a kid who is competing in HOPES meets (for example) be competing in DP meets?Shades of difference here, I think there is intent, and then what is actual in practice. I could argue that every girl that has entered elite started in the DP. They may not have gotten to L10, but I am sure they started at some point in the DP. So how am I wrong? But in practice no one stays in DP to hop in to do elite. Jade Carey kinda sorta did this? But definitely the exception.
I agree with you the problem is L10 is an unlimited level. So you get the situation that many here are complaining/bemoaning etc about. I also agree with the 50% of L10's would be better served by doing L9. So many 10's don't even have 10 SV routines but are convinced they have to do L10. So maybe part of the solution is creating more stringent criteria to be a L10? But then we will hear the complaints about that.
At the end of the day, as some have mentioned, you cant get away from competition, one can slice it up all they want but someone is still going to be left out.