[Ernst]

I think that if a district team qualifies for CMP at a Regional, then eating one of the district's CMP tickets is better than earning an additional ticket for that district and throwing off the proportions. It seems like an improvement. I'm not sure if it's the best or most balanced compromise, though.

Are there any glaring flaws in implementing something like a local wildcard system? For example, if a district team becomes Regional Champion 2, then they earn a CMP ticket and eat one of the district's tickets, but that spot doesn't disappear from the Regional, and, instead, Finalist 1 gets a ticket as well, thus still awarding the 3 Regional Champion tickets but not giving district teams access to more opportunities to qualify.