[Billfred]

Suppose we tap into the field and its love of scheduling to use it as a starting point.

Teams receive a practice match schedule Thursday morning as before. This time, however, teams can trade matches; to do it, a member of both teams' drive teams would come to pit admin. If teams can settle one-to-one trades by themselves, it reduces the need for any fill-ins. I don't know if giving away matches would be allowed; I'll leave it alone for now.

From there, we fill any other openings in two lines:

The Really Official Field Line (or ROFL) is open to teams who have passed inspection in full. Along with their dot for passing, the team receives two passes to the ROFL, to be enforced by the Really Official Field Line Chief Operations Protection and Traffic Enforcement Runner (or ROFLCOPTER).

The Limited Matches And Openings (or LMAO) line is open to all teams, including ROFL teams who either have exhausted their passes or are saving them for later. Teams in the LMAO line are admitted after any teams in the ROFL line. (To be in either line, the robot must physically be there.)

Teams get a nice incentive for passing inspection early, but not a ginormous one that shuts others out.