MAP - I think you are missing what most of the other posters are trying to get to.....INTEGRITY.
So let's assume that the team only has 8-9 players left over from the Fall season. Let's also assume that RB has used 7-8 ECNL players to "supplement" the roster so they have enough players to play each game.
Here's the rub to me.....is RB always playing the 8-9 girls from the Fall season the vast majority of these games? Does RB start all 8-9 of the Fall season players and only use 2-3 ECNL girls at the beginning of the game? Do these 8-9 Fall season players come back into the game in a timely fashion after they have been subbed to rest?
Here's another rub.....this team should have played National Cup if they were planning to use ECNL players to "fill in the gaps". However, they petitioned Cal South to play down at the Presidents Cup. I seriously doubt RB or Arsenal said to Cal South in their petition to play down that they are low on players and they will supplement the roster with ECNL players.
Lastly, as for your assertion that all of the Arsenal Fall season players should have a chance to win. I agree, but do it at the NC level, not at the PC level. By allowing RB to use ECNL players at the PC level versus the NC level, isn't he making it harder for the "proper" PC teams to win a tournament that they are better suited to play in?