I keep seeing threads about all the M80 players being worthy of franchising, this simply isn't true.
nismo and zander are really the only two viable candidates.
johnqt, eeiu, and koalanoob are good, solid players -- they are not tier 1 players. they clearly choked on lan and have proven themselves to be inconsistent at best. that last match vs the guard was truly sad to watch for these three.
always ask yourself this question: who would they replace? how would any of these players be better options than bdog, skuba, Verno, add3r, OXY (oxy would be goated without ratzam as igl)? what current franchised players would they replace? i think the only NA players likely to be dropped from franchising are jakee, runi, ardis, derrek, stellar, C0M (probably wont be dropped because of nepotism/prefer preestablished chemistry), asuna, bang -- there's just simply not many positions available.