Am I reading this correctly on the PGF website regarding the number of teams that attended PGF Nationals last year and the number of teams that have automatic invites/berths this year?
18U Premier: 2017 teams (72); 2018 teams with invites/berths (37)
18U Platinum: 2017 teams (56); 2018 teams with invites/berths (47)
16U Premier: 2017 teams (72); 2018 teams with invites/berths (33)
16U Platinum: 2017 teams (44); 2018 teams with invites/berths (55)
14U Premier: 2017 teams (72); 2018 teams with invites/berths (33)
14U Platinum: 2017 teams (40); 2018 teams with invites/berths (50)
That's a whole lotta automatic berths. In fact, 16U Platinum and 14U Platinum have more teams with invites/berths than the total number of teams they had last year...