Reading Senator Nelson’s letter, to me, says that the BOARD will provide senator Nelson with an additional 10 (to Senator Nelson, NOT the academy). And said 10 ‘extras’ COULD be submitted to a service academy should they be required/requested from the academy. To me, it reads as is generally understood here on the forums: a list of 10 candidates is provided to the academies.
I cannot imagine a service academy not finding a suitable candidate from the provided list of 10, especially from a highly competitive state like FL.
To me it reads that you are on the backup list (from the board, to Senator Nelson) to go on the provided candidate list to the academy.
Honestly, I wonder if a service academy even CAN request more candidates from an MOC after the deadline? What if an entire slate is not 3Q. What happens to that MOC’s spot? I understood that the academy could use that open spot to charge another candidate they were trying to place.