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Originally Posted by PayneTrain

If you look at the brief history of district system teams that
1) go to regionals
2) qualify for champs at that regional
3) would likely not qualify for champs at that regional
you would find enough teams to count on one hand that may be "stealing" slots. As regionals likely take place before a hypothetical team's DCMP, their performance at the event or whether or not they attended the event can be easily chalked up to an exercise in earning the requisite points to be a superfluous endeavor.

Most of these perceived stolen slots come out of district system teams earning regional culture changing awards, a practice no longer allowed as of 2017 (for better or for worse).

I agree that this problem with districts is mostly hypothetical. At the moment the cutoff for champs is lenient enough that most teams who would do well at the championship do get in. If slots were harder to come by this would have the potential to matter more.

On the other hand, going back to DaveL's point: more play time does not always equal success. Ask me how I know that it's possible to win multiple events and be finalist in a third without making the championship.