Bro what. Think it through again
1st of all, ofc there are not 450 top tier 2 players and there never will if you do not give them somewhere to develop.
This is a long term project, look at it this way, if NA has to replace someone they have 50 candidates for the job, if EMEA does they have 450. The chances of building good players are insanely high and you have to fucking give them time to develop and become competitive.
What you’re proposing literally means that if a region is not good the second year of Valorant they will never be, you’ll wipe their scene.
2nd Tf you’re saying bro, why do BR and LATAM not share VCL then? There’s no ping issues there. Bolivia speaks the same language as all of LATAM and that’s why they’re the same region. EMEA has a lot of VCL’s but it’s because they’re completely different communities. Why do JP and KR not share VCL? Because they’re just not the same region