[Mark McLeod]

You have it right Jeff.
So far some BAE, NJ, Boston, and Philadelphia pending teams will have the problem of needing to switch to a different 2nd Regional.

After the first regional, your team gets into subsequent regionals on a first-paid / first-registered basis this year. Not the order you signed up. Once you appear on the Team List you have a slot and can stop sweating. This year we really needed to pay first, then pick a regional. Signing up has little meaning until the $ arrive at FIRST.

For BAE there are 3 open slots, but the 6 teams pending want those three available slots. The first teams to get their payments to FIRST will get the slots. Three teams will probably be disappointed. I say "probably" because the regionals usually have unlisted slots reserved for rookies and if the expected rookies don't sign up then extra slots may become available later.

1568 is on the registered list for BAE, so you're safe there (because of the special payment rule applying to your first regional). You are pending for Boston, but won't get one of the 9 remaining slots until you've paid FIRST, before 9 of the other 11 pending teams.