I don't think you know what a Strawman argument is.
This comes down to either, you think clubs other than the Ducks, Kings & Sharks should be able to have AAA teams the same way those teams do, or you don't. After that, there are only facts, opinions and anecdotal evidence.
You either think all the kids who could play AAA are already playing AAA or you don't. After that, there are only facts, opinions and anecdotal evidence.
I don't really care if you believe that there are other kids who would be strong AAA players, who currently play AA or even A. It's an irrefutable fact, and we could make a list of those kids from the last 3 years, but we won't because it's the policy of this board not to list names or talk about individuals in anything other than vague reference. Every year there is turnover at the AAA teams. Kids rise and fall in favor. Kids leave the state for brighter horizons. Some kids that weren't even on the radar of the AAA teams come and take a top position at one of the 3 AAA teams. It's in the historic record of CAHA AAA over the course of the existence of the current CAHA system.
I'm not going to debate what you personally experience as a parent of one kid on one of the socal teams at one birth year, because it's irrelevant, and also something that is personal to you, and not in any way personal to me.
There’s another argument you made that I wish to address as well. You argued that the AAA teams are regularly scheduling scrimmages against AA teams. I can only speak definitively about the 06 Ducks, and tell that’s just not accurate. The Ducks scheduled two pre-season or early season scrimmages against O5 AA teams. Apart from that,they have sought out AAA competition, even flying to Detroit to play Michigan AAA teams. Trust me when I say that AAA parents wish that AA here was as strong as you think.
Ah, so you admit that you scrimmaged some '05 AA teams. You got smoked by the Bears and tied the '05 AA Ducks2 team, who came in 7th of 10 in flight1, and had a lot of turnover. Why weren't you able to handle a couple of '05 AA teams? You are the 11th ranked '06 AAA team in the US right now, right?
At the end of the day, it doesn't matter what anyone points out as evidence. All the best '06 kids play AAA, yet a team this year which came essentially from Siberia (well KHS) was able to get within a goal or 2 of your longstanding 11th ranked team in league play on multiple occassions, in its first year of existence. That's not a strawman, it's a fact. It happened. Deal with it.