IN District Championship

[MechEng83]

From the 2013 thread on district teams competing at regionals:

Originally Posted by MechEng83

I'm ok with a district slot being taken when a team wins at a regional. I'm in Indiana, sitting on the outside of districts, but we're possibly headed for district play in 2015. Here's my reasoning:

The number of bids a district gets to the championship is supposed to be proportional to the number of teams it has within the district. District teams are allowed to play outside their district in a regional. Non-district teams are not permitted to play in a district event. Essentially, the opportunity exists for a district team to "steal" a non-district slot and in the past there was no reciprocal arrangement. This method ensures a more even distribution of teams. Note: teams from districts are still be eligible for the Championship through the waitlist, just like non-district teams. It is practically impossible to create a completely "fair" system, but I feel like this system is more fair than the previous policy.

For reference, I believe the previous policy was that the district got to keep the extra spots if the team that qualified in a regional didn't compete in the district championship (and or did, but didn't qualify there).