I'm going to have to call you out for your malarkey here. So you're saying in every other country in the world that has Nationals, there is an unfair advantage given to veterans because they can play in Nationals without having any Play! Points? That's just not true. There is no "unfair advantage" that you speak of. The "unfair advantage" part is completely in your head.
The Play! Point requirement in the U.S. is arbitrary. Allowing veterans to play in the game does not give them an "unfair advantage." You need to get that right.
By your flawed logic, people who borrow cards from their friends aren't supporting the game, so if you borrow a lot of cards, you shouldn't be attending Nationals. Those players who have played in the past
laid the foundation for the great game we have today. Your claim that those players aren't helping or expand or maintain the game is extremely disrespectful to those players who dealt with so much in the past (WoTC to Nintendo transition, for one). Those players' loyalty to the game is why the game still exists today.
First of all, it is not a reward for players to play at Nationals. It is not a reward for active players to play at nationals. It is not a reward for semi-active players to play at Nationals. The Play! Point requirement for the U.S. is arbitrary and nonessential. Why? Other countries don't have Play! Point requirements for Nationals.
Companies do reward past loyalty. ALL... THE... TIME... I have a Triple Platinum level credit card with some bank that requires $X amount of savings for two years to attain. I no longer have $X in my bank account with that bank, as I moved most of my money into a savings account with another bank. Guess what? I still have my Triple Platinum credit card (and the associated rewards program) because the bank is rewarding me for my past loyalty.
My parents' IKEA rewards card from 1997? Still usable. I still get the 5% discount although we haven't bought a thing from IKEA for 10 years. Why are you comparing TPCi to a company like Walmart instead of to reputable brands who do reward past loyalty. You want TPCi to emulate Walmart? What a joke.
It takes a very myopic view of the world from a relatively vindictive individual to reason that past loyalty to the game should not be rewarded, especially when the cost of allowing an extra 100 players to play in Nationals is marginal.
If you honestly think there is a non-negligible cost to adding 100 players to Nationals, then you really need to learn about
marginal costs. Pokemon Nationals is an event that has a high fixed cost buy extremely low variable costs. The cost of adding an additional player on top of the attendance that will already be there is so small that TPCi does not need to take away any support from "active" players to allow a small amount of veterans to play.
If you are against an increase in attendance at Nationals, then I'm sorry that you don't want the game to grow, but some of us do.