the screening committee decided it's not fit in the genre and threw it off from the list. not the nomination committee. so it didn't have chance for consideration from the beginning.

no they(screening committee) decided it's not country song, so it was off the list for consideration.

yeah. it had no chance of nomination because it was just album track with no country radio release, it had big press over CMA but that's it. now the thing is grammy screening committee decide it's not country and threw it off from list before vote and nomination committee.

so any country song can't fit in genre If it wasn't released to country radio?

the category was best country song(or performance), not the album or artist. as long as the song is fit in genre it can be nominated.