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Originally Posted by Joe Ross
Since the points are "gone", they reduce the total number of points available to qualify for the state championship, and therefore reduce the threshold for qualifying for the state championship, making it easier for everyone to qualify.
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Agreed--I think it's by far the best solution, for this reason and others. What I meant is, I think the OP sees playing against a field that is all/majority/more at his level of experience this season is better. It's not so much about the points directly, as that the fact that they would be gone (3rd district teams dominating elims) is "kind of cheating those other teams out of an event".
I can see this perspective--if those 2nd district Bedford teams had gotten into, say, Kettering (no, I know nothing about FiM districts, thanks for asking
), they might have had a better chance to play Saturday afternoon. At the same time, it's far more equitable this way than running it as just a 2nd district event with ~12 teams, and logistically there wasn't really an option in between.