What place is your son in? I updated the JR list, and the invites pass down to 51st place. To me, that's not very interesting It's really difficult to tell though, because of the many players that are not in the rankings, and might suddenly show up over the next few days.
I was starting to relax but had a fright when he dropped to 31... Now that I've seen your list I feel more confident!
All in all, I think we can conclude that whenever prizes for 3rd and 4th place are different (SPTs and definitely Nationals) we want the 3rd place play-off back!
I think it is pretty tough to differentiate between 3 and 4th so dramatically.It would be fine to have a 4th place trophy - but to have the kid who lost one match be empty handed (apart from boosters) while the one who lost the other match gets a trophy and other cools stuff seems pretty hard. I really feel that anyone that gets to the final four deserves recognition.