If there are 6 regions and 24 teams in Denver, does that mean four of these teams go to Denver? Not very impressive. Looks like a B tournament field with a couple A teams thrown in.
I do not think that it is an automatic 4 in from the Region, you also have to account for the international teams, and regions that have a larger pool of very good teams like the North. You are always going to have some questionable teams in every qualifier, whether to see where they stand against better competition or just to play against better teams as a kickoff to the spring, for better or worse, it is open to any age conforming team. There are definitely a couple of very good teams in the mix, but this also gives you a pretty good perspective on the holdback issue. While I realize that some teams do not want to spend the money, or think that the WSYL is a waste of time, the list of qualifier teams settles a lot of the holdback BS on all of these BOTC forums.
