[EricH]

If the Los Angeles selections for 2008 ever come up on video, there were four declines to partner with one team. All four came from inside the top 8. Then one of those teams was picked and accepted and #9 came up...only to be sent back after the FTA reminded the person running the selection (not the MC in this case) that you can't accept after declining.

My team went into those knowing that if we were picked (by some fluke) we would decline.

I also remember one instance--not sure if it's something my dad told me or something I saw--but a team declined because they were going to miss their flight home if they participated in the elimination rounds.

And then there are the "breaker" declines. I won't go into those, as others have done it already.