Last time I looked only about 30 qualifiers from 200 for APAT face to face - to me wrong balance.
Its only 30 qualifiers because of a relatively poor turnout in the satellites. I dont think more satellites would give that more qualifiers.
If there was enough interest in the satellites then there would have been more qualifiers. Its not like APAT put a cap on the number of Internet qualifiers.
In terms of APAT team representation - I don"t follow the argument about picking players for their non APAT play. If people don"t have time to play APAT events then why should they ever get picked over players who do.
This is a bit short sighted IMO.
Please remember that APAT events are heavily oversubscribed and a lot of players dont get to play events, even if they want to. APAT does extend much beyond the people who play in the events.
A lot of players who support APAT may not be able to make clickfests due to shift times / work commitments.
I also think that a lot of APAT members play within a bigger bankroll and are not as motivated to play a £75 deepstack over a long weekend, especially if it has been during a period of time when they may have played GUKPT or DTD deepstacks and fancy a weekend with the family. I dont agree that these players should not be allowed to represent their country or their forum, simply because they haven"t played many APAT events or have had their success at non APAT events.
I"m sure Des would agree that the APAT community extends much further than the players who play in APAT comps.