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I’ve been thinking about this a bit… In today’s game, does it still make sense to have automatic qualifiers? On the upside, it gives every team at least some hope that they could make the tournament just by winning their league tournament. On the downside, it makes most games in the early rounds terribly lopsided and non-competitive. One possibility would be to split the tournament in half and let the small leagues compete against each other. I know that’s not really practical because sometimes a small league can produce is a really great team. Would it be better to say that a team has to have a minimum standing in the NET in order to qualify? I’m interested in hearing your opinions.