[Greg Needel]

Originally Posted by Billfred

Is it as bad as I thought? I counted 185 open spaces, with 177 teams pending. Assuming all of them pay up, that's only seven spots remaining.

Either way, I would be open to a first-come, first-served system. Or simply break it into three tiers: those that did go to the Championship last season, those that didn't go to the Championship last season, and those for which it doesn't matter (1992 teams, Chairman's winners, et cetera). Let the latter two groups get a week or two of a head start on registration.

Out of curiosity, is there still a way to get on the list for Atlanta? (Probably a stupid question, but I'm a bit sleep-deprived at the moment.)

Technically there are still 184 spots open, because pending teams are that way until they have paid. so if you could sign up and paid tomorrow you would be in. I think the system works just fine the way it is. For the pas 3 years (since they changed it) i believe the amount of teams shut out of the championship that wanted to go are very small.

I would think that if you still wanted to register for the championship just to call FIRST, i highly doubt that with so many still undecided spots remaining that they will turn a team with money away.