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I'm not official, but it's any RNRS points, so any placing.

Sauce and Brad, thanks for your responses.

Brad's quote was what I was looking for....apparently, I was looking in the wrong areas.

Personally, I wouldn't mind if a young kid played Type-A as long as they didn't have RNRS points in T1-2p.  If they happened to place 2nd in a TEAMS event because their partner was awesome, I'd still like them to have a shot at Type-A.  If they happened to place 2nd in Booster because their draft was amazing, I'd like them to still have a shot at Type-A.  And if they placed 2nd in Closed Deck because there were only 2 people playing at their local, I'd still like them to have a shot at Type-A.

This may not be officially the criteria, but I feel like it is following the "spirit of the law".

Mark's description is eerily close to what was going on.
My boys were playing Type 2 multi as "filler" players, and they were using my extra T2 decks.  Both had a shot at winning, and it got me to thinking.  What if they had pulled their SoG sooner or if I had not falling awayed one of their souls.

Personally I'd like to see Type A limited to kids who are under the age of 12 and have less than 5 RNRS points in T1-2p.

Realistically, anyone with more points than that is probably good enough at T1-2p that they wouldn't want to play in Type A anyway, and anyone who is that age and has less than that many RNRS points wouldn't stand much of a chance in the T1-2p event at Nats on Fri anyway.  Why make little kids play something where they're just gonna get beat down over and over?  As an adult, I'd be disappointed to lose 8/10 games at Nats, but I'm man enough to not cry about it.  Can I expect that from an 8 year old (actually I do expect that from my daughter, but that's not the point)

My boys were playing Type 2 multi as "filler" players, and they were using my extra T2 decks.  Both had a shot at winning, and it got me to thinking.  What if they had pulled their SoG sooner or if I had not falling awayed one of their souls.

Wait a minute. You FA'd a Lost Soul from your 8-year-old son, who was gracious enough to fill in for Type 2 multiplayer? 

You are one hardcore dad....   

The inventor of Type A, Wild Bill, pretty much let's anyone who hasn't won a T1-2P or Type A tourney play Type A, so long as they are young enough. I guess its up to Rob in the end, but Type A was meant as a way for younger kids to feel competitive at tourneys with elite players. I guess tourney hosts have discretion ultimately, but Bill is definitely a Spirit of the Law kind of guy.

Personally, I wouldn't mind if a young kid played Type-A as long as they didn't have RNRS points in T1-2p.  If they happened to place 2nd in a TEAMS event because their partner was awesome, I'd still like them to have a shot at Type-A.  If they happened to place 2nd in Booster because their draft was amazing, I'd like them to still have a shot at Type-A.  And if they placed 2nd in Closed Deck because there were only 2 people playing at their local, I'd still like them to have a shot at Type-A.

This may not be officially the criteria, but I feel like it is following the "spirit of the law".

Both Professors speak pretty well for me. Its nice to give the young kids a shot at winning. I think that has helped our play group keep going. Its nice to have a chance to win sometime. Otherwise kids get discouraged and quit

Personally I'd like to see Type A limited to kids who are under the age of 12 and have less than 5 RNRS points in T1-2p.

I like that Idea. The RLK's that are good enough to place 10th in Nationals aren't going to want to play in type A. They want that shot at upsetting one of the elit players. Besides their are no guarentees about winning type A. Usually the person you think will win it doesn't.