[Kevin Leonard]

One of the things I hate about the system is that when we won a regional, we didn't generate a wild card spot even though we're an original team and are qualified on that basis.
I think that HOF, Original, World Champion, and World EI winners should generate wildcard spots.

I also think there needs to be some way to give early season event-attendees wild card spots. A great example of this is 2791, Shaker Robotics. Shaker attended BAE Week one and did decently.
They then attended a Week 2 competition, WPI, and with their improvements managed to get the number one seed as well as become finalists. A number of factor prevented them (and us) from winning that regional, but their robot was top-notch. I think if they had the chance, they'd have more improvements at champs and be a force to be reckoned with.
But they do not, as they attended two early season regionals.

I don't know about Chairmans, EI, Rookie All-star generating a wild card spot if the team is already qualified. The criteria for that would be tough to judge fairly.
I also think that if a wild card spot would go unused, it should pass down until it IS used. Possibly to the next highest seed alliance captain, 1st pick, and so on.