A few questions:

1. What would you do with 14s that are new to the open division, since there isn't one for 13s?

2. Sounds good, but you're going to hear complaints because some teams are very different the following year (both teams that did well and those that didn't do well). Past success does not guarantee future success. How does that get addressed?

3. I don't see USAV buying this one as it limits the amount of teams (therefore less entrance fees) to both the host and USAV. Also, some regions don't have mandatory regional tourneys in order to track ranking. Heck, some regions don't even have rankings or they're so woefully incomplete to be disregarded. Some of those stronger regions would also dislike only the top 3, as there is usually at least one region every year that fields one very strong age group that might go as deep as 5 or 6. I think I read somewhere in the qualifier manual that teams are supposed to provide results for entry into the open field at a NQ. Found it:

When submitting entry information for a Qualifier, all competition results must be reported, regardless of the age division in which a team competes. In the absence of competition results, an application must be accompanied by a letter of explanation that addresses the reason(s) why results are not available. Teams that neglect to submit criteria used for selection may be eliminated.

Would that work?

4. The guarantee of entry into club division goes against what is written in the qualifier manual.

Under no circumstance is a team that is denied entry into an Open division guaranteed a berth in a Club division.

USAV would need to amend or eliminate this sentence and similar occurrences in order for this to happen.