As Xcel is nationalized...USAG must fix this...or JO and Xcel will merge back into one. If USAG does not fix this...JO compulsories will die...Xcel will be high hour...and the kids that need Xcel will be AAU or YMCA or similar. This is a USAG issue...they need to fix it.
I believe they are trying to fix this with the new compulsories and the new lower optional level in the JO program...Level 6.
Getting a 20 hour kid to beat a 5 hour kid is not hard.
Although I agree with you, I do not see it happening, at least in our area. We have currently 2 levels of x-cel in our state and every gym that I know of uses them as part of the JO program. Next year there will be 1 level of xcel(gold) so, I can not see having it be a different track when there is only 1 level. We use AAU for what you are talking about, The meets are cheaper and smaller. Xcel meets cost as much as optionals and the xcel platnuim can be stiff competition.