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Re: 9 Spots Open Hawaii Regional?

As far as I know, regionals should not be holding back any spots except for Rookies. If there are special instances, like for Hawaii, then I do not know about them. For Boilermaker, I was never given any choice or option to hold spots for Indiana/local teams. If I were, then perhaps 45 would have signed up somewhere else first, but that's not how it works. That would give a lot of "selective" power to the committees, and I wouldn't want to be in that position... it's not an "invitational". The spots that are held back are purely for rookies, which hasn't changed in the last few years. So if regionals are being given the choice to hold spots for teams other than rookies, then it is not a consistent thing across all events.


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Originally Posted by Richard View Post

I don't see anything wrong with this. Similar situations exist in other regions; for example, three teams based in Indiana decided to register for the Great Lakes regional. It is probably a safe bet that spots are being held for those teams so they can also attend their own home regional (Boilermaker). Nothing wrong there, either.

It is reasonable for us to ask how each regional director or planning committee chair decides the proper number of spots to be held open for situations like this; reasonable to ask, but maybe we shouldn't expect a public answer. For mature regionals, like Boilermaker, that question is easier to answer than for new regionals, like Hawaii.
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