And what about Evanflation?
That's my fear. The men only have 2 spots available for Worlds. If the U.S. is determined to do the "top 2 at Nationals go to Worlds/Olympics" thing, then the two people who skate the best at Nationals **** well better be scored as such.
A similar situation - Todd Eldredge didn't deserve to be scored over Matt Savoie in 2001. If it wasn't for that bad judging in favor of a former champion, and Todd was marked in 3rd where he should have been, then he wouldn't have gone to Worlds that year (the U.S. also only had 2 spots that year). Now, granted, Todd did great at Worlds...but based upon what he did at Nationals he didn't deserve to go.