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Originally Posted by Michael Hill
A big problem I see with making it publicly available is that regionals can have unique problems requiring a RD to put his/her judgement to use. Priority tends to go towards local teams rather than away teams, many regionals have a good amount of rookies, some like Pittsburgh only has 1 (and a very good one at that). RDs are able to sort things out that a standard formula will get wrong. If a team is trying to scrape together money for registration, they're likely not able to travel very far. They can let the RD of a local regional know that that regional may be the team's only option. Certainly the RD will give them priority over a team from outside the region known to have a huge amount of resources. Things like this happen more often than you think.
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Just stating the number of people currently assigned to the wait list would help, even if it doesn't correspond to the position on the wait list. Like it was said earlier, knowing there are a total of 5 people on the wait list compared to 20 helps make decisions on if it is safer to wait or sign up for another event.