Team CMP Assignment 2017

[thatnameistaken]

What if, instead of teams, the regionals were assigned to a specific CMP? For example, if a team earned a CMP slot at the 2017 St. Louis regional, they would automatically qualify for the St. Louis CMP, regardless of where the team is actually located. This would keep the number of teams that qualify for each CMP roughly equal. Additionally, teams that want to ensure they can go to a particular CMP can do so by picking a corresponding regional.

I'm not sure how districts would play into this; if a district team travels to a regional and earns a CMP slot at the opposite venue their district is assigned, which event should they (initially) qualify for?

[Brian Maher]

Originally Posted by thatnameistaken

What if, instead of teams, the regionals were assigned to a specific CMP? For example, if a team earned a CMP slot at the 2017 St. Louis regional, they would automatically qualify for the St. Louis CMP, regardless of where the team is actually located. This would keep the number of teams that qualify for each CMP roughly equal. Additionally, teams that want to ensure they can go to a particular CMP can do so by picking a corresponding regional.

This was my immediate thought when I first heard about Championsplit. It allows for a nice, even division before the season even starts. To allow for teams to attend either championship without taking on an extra travel burder to attend their farther championship, there can be a wait list for both championships, and allow any team register for one or both of them.

Originally Posted by thatnameistaken

I'm not sure how districts would play into this; if a district team travels to a regional and earns a CMP slot at the opposite venue their district is assigned, which event should they (initially) qualify for?

The solution is simple: assign each district to a championship, and it gets however many spots at that district.

If a team qualifies for champs at a regional and their regional and district CMPs are different, give them a choice. If they choose the Regional CMP, give the district an extra spot for its assigned championship. If they choose their district's championship, generate an extra wild card for the regional.

[thatnameistaken]

Originally Posted by BMSOTM

If a team qualifies for champs at a regional and their regional and district CMPs are different, give them a choice. If they choose the Regional CMP, give the district an extra spot for its assigned championship. If they choose their district's championship, generate an extra wild card for the regional.

This makes a lot of sense. While it ends up generating an extra slot in the end, I don't think it would be a frequent enough occurrence to result in too many teams qualifying.