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I was merely pointing out that the only reason the US had three spots for men in 2009 was because Weir medalled in 2008. Had he finished one place lower, the third US man - Lysacek, that year - would have had to miss Worlds. I don't particularly care who the US sends each year* and what their qualifying criteria is, but it should be noted that in addition to his bronze in 2008, Johnny had a better fall season than Evan (and Brandon Mroz) in 2008-9. BTW, Belbin and Agosto were given a medical bye for 2009 Nationals, even though Davis and White were looking equally strong at the time. The USFS, like many federations, is not above playing favorites.
* My favorite Americans that season were Abbott and Samuelson/Bates.
The USFSA would have just sent Lysacek to Worlds instead of Mroz in 2009 had their only been 2 spots. So no Evan would not have had to miss Worlds. I am pretty certain had Mroz come 3rd they would have given Weir a bye over Mroz as well, but 2nd to 5th was just too big a gap. It is hard to leave the U.S silver medalist of a 3 man team, so Mroz inching ahead of Evan changed everything as far as the World team selection. It has nothing to do with the USFSA hate-on for Johnny (which I agree they have, but I think in this case the decision had nothing to do with that).