Wow I look at PGF Nationals site and they have given 30+ invites in each age division for the premier side & looks like almost 50 invites in each age div. on the platinum side. Makes you kinda wonder, is this more of an invitational showcase or an actual National Championship.
Looking a little deeper, I see some of these teams with invites advertising for a P1 & a starting Catcher to play in PGF National? Even worse I have seen ads that say looking for SS/OF/P/C for PGF Invited team, If you need a P1 and a Catcher why are you even going to PGF? Why did that team get a birth?
I think that when PGF 1st started the invites were going to be for the 1st few years only and then all would be earned, man has that gone with the wind.
While I am on this rant, I also look at some of the qualifiers and NV & AZ are just riddled with CA teams, Wouldnt it be nice if they would just add two more qualifiers to CA so families would not have to spend so much money, You might even wind up getting a few more teams from NV & AZ to earn spots in the "National Championship"
Just a thought.
All that being said it still is a monster event just not a fair playing field.