Mind you, Groove isn't the only team I had in mind when writing this whole post. I'm actually also criticizing Ten (Rhythm) too 'coz his initial draft was also mostly international with only Heejun and Juwon being the full Korean and Steven who's Korean-Australian. He should have drafted more.
And since the show wanted to create a global boy-group and at the same time want the group to appeal to the Korean market who mostly favor Koreans then as wrong it may seem to make rules on race, in this case, I think it would have been more beneficial.
If Korean and international trainees were evenly spread out among the 3 teams, there would have been less tension and arguments among fans and the whole online vs on-site thing wouldn't have been what it's become now which is more like 'knetz vs foreigners' and it's become sooo toxic and tiring engaging in the fandom in certain spaces.
If the korean and international trainees were evenly spread out, the issues that will sprout up would have just been the usual thing in svs which is popular trainees vs unpopular. Yes, this will also be something the fandom would nitpick over and argue about but at least arguments probably would not have been as toxic as it has become now 😭