Ah, that is why you are imagining and I have experienced it. Personally I love to go to regionals because it is fun but what I was saying is you actually do waste a lot of time when you get there two days early and when you have one game per day there is a lot of free time on your hands.
And I am guessing that the reason most teams declined the opportunity for the PL North spot is because of this reason, a portion of their players didn't want to go because "they have better stuff to do". In fact most of the players do want to go but when you have 15 on the roster and 4-5 drop off because of this reason then a team can't accept the invitation because lack of players.
