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Originally Posted by Patrick Flynn

I believe that this also means that the numbers you provided for total wild card slots should be lower because 2056 and 1114... would only have created 2 wild card slots because you have to exclude their RCA

You are more correct. I got stuck somewhere between what I wanted Frank to say, and what he actually said. It looks like there would have only been 19 wild card slots generated, with 16 and 2056 generating 2 each. (1114 would have only generated 1 wild card.)

The RW's in bold below would have generated a wild card under the new guideline.
(Edit: Wild Card berths would have been offered to the teams in blue.)

16 KC (RW), IL (RW) 111, DA (RW)3676
48 PIT (RW), PIT (RCA), WI (RW)2481
148 IL (RW), DA (RW)2948
181 MD (RW), CT (RW)1071
233 FL (RW), FL (RCA), MA (RW) 125 already won NY so it would go to their first pick 2084
234 TN (RW), TN (RCA)
246 MA (RW), MA (RCA)
281 SC (RW), SC (RCA)
340 ROC (RCA), OH (RW)188 was offered 1507's spot, so 1270., OH (RCA)
359 HI (RW), TX (RW) 624 and 1477 already qualified, so their third finalist member 2773 would go.
384 VA (RW), VA (EI)
971 SAC (RW), SJ (RW)1868 won chairman's at SAC, so it would go to 3256.
987 CA (RW), NV (RW) 2485
1114 ON (RW), ON (RCA), WAT (RW) 1503
1311 GA (RCA), NC (RW) 2614 already won Pit, so 1771.
1477 STX (RW), LA (RW) 2992 , LA (EI)
1507 ROC (RW), OH (RW) 188
1540 OK (RW), OK (RCA)
1592 FL (RW), SFL (RW) 1065
1714 DMN (RW), DMN (EI)
1717 CA (RW), CAF (RW) 1323, but also qualified due to EI at same event.
1983 WAS (RW), WAS (RCA)
1985 MO (RW), MO (RCA)
1986 KC (RW), KC (EI), MO (RW) 1208
2046 WA2 (RW), WA2 (RCA)
2056 ON (RW), WAT (RW) 2852, WAT (RCA), ON2 (RW) 3161
2169 DMN (RW), DMN (RCA)
3940 OHC (RW), OHC (RAS) (added in edit)
3990 QC (RW), QC (RAS)
4001 ON2 (RW), ON2 (RAS)
4226 MN2 (RW), MN2 (RAS)

PS. It looks like Dallas East and Waterloo (and Buckeye) would have been the real finds last year with 2 wild card spots generated each.

PPS. Could 111 have declined the wild card berth (since they are a hall of fame team) and would it have passed on to Team Hammond (71) keeping their championship streak alive?