diff --git a/app/Actions/Entries/DoublerDecision.php b/app/Actions/Entries/DoublerDecision.php
index bb580d3..54158be 100644
--- a/app/Actions/Entries/DoublerDecision.php
+++ b/app/Actions/Entries/DoublerDecision.php
@@ -3,19 +3,12 @@
 namespace App\Actions\Entries;
 
 use App\Exceptions\AuditionAdminException;
+use App\Models\Doubler;
 use App\Models\Entry;
-use App\Services\DoublerService;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;
 
 class DoublerDecision
 {
-    protected DoublerService $doublerService;
-
-    public function __construct(DoublerService $doublerService)
-    {
-        $this->doublerService = $doublerService;
-    }
-
     /**
      * @throws AuditionAdminException
      */
@@ -41,18 +34,46 @@ class DoublerDecision
 
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Accepts an entry for the given audition.
+     *
+     * This method ensures the entry is not already declined, and that the
+     * audition is not in a state where seats or advancement are published.
+     * If the entry is already declined, this method does nothing.
+     * If the audition is in a state where seats or advancement are published,
+     * this method throws an exception.
+     *
+     * This method also declines all other entries in the same audition,
+     * clearing the rank cache for the audition.
+     *
+     * @throws AuditionAdminException
+     */
     public function accept(Entry $entry): void
     {
-        Cache::forget('audition'.$entry->audition_id.'seating');
-        Cache::forget('audition'.$entry->audition_id.'advancement');
+        if ($entry->hasFlag('declined')) {
+            throw new AuditionAdminException('Entry '.$entry->id.' is already declined');
+        }
+        if ($entry->audition->hasFlag('seats_published')) {
+            throw new AuditionAdminException('Cannot accept an entry in an audition where seats are published');
+        }
+        if ($entry->audition->hasFlag('advancement_published')) {
+            throw new AuditionAdminException('Cannot accept an entry in an audition where advancement is published');
+        }
+        Cache::forget('rank_seating_'.$entry->audition_id);
 
-        // Decline all other entries and clear rank cache
-        $doublerInfo = $this->doublerService->simpleDoubleInfo($entry);
-        foreach ($doublerInfo as $doublerEntry) {
-            Cache::forget('audition'.$doublerEntry->audition_id.'seating');
-            /** @var Entry $doublerEntry */
-            if ($doublerEntry->id !== $entry->id) {
-                $doublerEntry->addFlag('declined');
+        // Process student entries
+        $doublerData = Doubler::findDoubler($entry->student_id, $entry->audition->event_id);
+        // Check each entry and see if it is unscored. We can't accept this entry if that is the case.
+        foreach ($doublerData->entries() as $doublerEntry) {
+            if (! $doublerEntry->totalScore && ! $doublerEntry->hasFlag('declined') && ! $doublerEntry->hasFlag('no_show') && ! $doublerEntry->hasFlag('failed_prelim')) {
+                throw new AuditionAdminException('Cannot accept seating for '.$entry->student->full_name().' because student has unscored entries');
+            }
+        }
+        // Decline all other entries
+        foreach ($doublerData->entries() as $doublerEntry) {
+            Cache::forget('rank_seating_'.$doublerEntry->audition_id);
+            if ($doublerEntry->id !== $entry->id && ! $doublerEntry->hasFlag('no_show') && ! $doublerEntry->hasFlag('failed_prelim') && ! $doublerEntry->hasFlag('declined')) {
+                $this->decline($doublerEntry);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -62,12 +83,14 @@ class DoublerDecision
      */
     public function decline($entry): void
     {
-        Cache::forget('audition'.$entry->audition_id.'seating');
-        Cache::forget('audition'.$entry->audition_id.'advancement');
+        // Entry cannot decline a seat twice
         if ($entry->hasFlag('declined')) {
-            throw new AuditionAdminException('Entry is already declined');
+            throw new AuditionAdminException('Entry '.$entry->id.' is already declined');
         }
-        Cache::forget('audition'.$entry->audition_id.'seating');
+        // Flag this entry
         $entry->addFlag('declined');
+
+        // Clear rank cache
+        Cache::forget('rank_seating_'.$entry->audition_id);
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Tabulation/SeatAuditionFormController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Tabulation/SeatAuditionFormController.php
index a212aa2..8220438 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Tabulation/SeatAuditionFormController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Tabulation/SeatAuditionFormController.php
@@ -131,12 +131,18 @@ class SeatAuditionFormController extends Controller
 
     public function massDecline(Audition $audition)
     {
+        $decider = app(DoublerDecision::class);
         $validData = request()->validate([
             'decline-below' => ['required', 'integer', 'min:0'],
         ]);
         $ranker = app(RankAuditionEntries::class);
         // Get scored entries in order
-        $scored_entries = $ranker($audition, 'seating');
+        try {
+            $scored_entries = $ranker($audition, 'seating');
+        } catch (AuditionAdminException $e) {
+            return redirect()->route('seating.audition', ['audition' => $audition->id])
+                ->with('error', $e->getMessage());
+        }
         $scored_entries->load(['student.doublers', 'student.school']);
         foreach ($scored_entries as $entry) {
             Debugbar::info('Starting entry '.$entry->student->full_name());
@@ -160,30 +166,27 @@ class SeatAuditionFormController extends Controller
 
                 continue;
             }
-            $entry->addFlag('declined');
+            try {
+                $decider->decline($entry);
+            } catch (AuditionAdminException $e) {
+                return redirect()->route('seating.audition', ['audition' => $audition->id])
+                    ->with('error', $e->getMessage());
+            }
         }
-        Cache::forget('rank_seating_'.$entry->audition_id);
+        Cache::forget('rank_seating_'.$audition->id);
 
         return redirect()->route('seating.audition', ['audition' => $audition->id]);
 
     }
 
-    public function acceptSeat(
-        Audition $audition,
-        Entry $entry
-    ) {
-        $doublerData = Doubler::findDoubler($entry->student_id, $audition->event_id);
-        foreach ($doublerData->entries() as $doublerEntry) {
-            if (! $doublerEntry->totalScore && ! $doublerEntry->hasFlag('declined') && ! $doublerEntry->hasFlag('no_show') && ! $doublerEntry->hasFlag('failed_prelim')) {
-                return redirect()->route('seating.audition', ['audition' => $audition->id])->with('error',
-                    'Cannot accept seating for '.$entry->student->full_name().' because student has unscored entries');
-            }
-        }
-        foreach ($doublerData->entries() as $doublerEntry) {
-            Cache::forget('rank_seating_'.$doublerEntry->audition_id);
-            if ($doublerEntry->id !== $entry->id && ! $doublerEntry->hasFlag('no_show') && ! $doublerEntry->hasFlag('failed_prelim') && ! $doublerEntry->hasFlag('declined')) {
-                $doublerEntry->addFlag('declined');
-            }
+    public function acceptSeat(Audition $audition, Entry $entry)
+    {
+        $decider = app(DoublerDecision::class);
+        try {
+            $decider->accept($entry);
+        } catch (AuditionAdminException $e) {
+            return redirect()->route('seating.audition', ['audition' => $audition->id])
+                ->with('error', $e->getMessage());
         }
 
         return redirect()->route('seating.audition', ['audition' => $audition->id])->with('success',
@@ -214,15 +217,20 @@ class SeatAuditionFormController extends Controller
             'ensemble.*' => ['required', 'integer', 'min:0'],
         ]);
         $proposedSeatingArray = [];
-        $rankedEntries = $ranker($audition, 'seating');
+        try {
+            $rankedEntries = $ranker($audition, 'seating');
+        } catch (AuditionAdminException $e) {
+            return redirect()->route('seating.audition', ['audition' => $audition->id])
+                ->with('error', $e->getMessage());
+        }
         $rankedEntries = $rankedEntries->reject(function ($entry) {
             return $entry->hasFlag('declined');
         });
 
         $rankedEntries->load(['student.school']);
-        $rankedEnembles = Ensemble::orderBy('rank')->where('event_id', $audition->event_id)->get();
+        $rankedEnsembles = Ensemble::orderBy('rank')->where('event_id', $audition->event_id)->get();
         $ensembleRankOn = 1;
-        foreach ($rankedEnembles as $ensemble) {
+        foreach ($rankedEnsembles as $ensemble) {
             if (! Arr::has($validated['ensemble'], $ensemble->id)) {
                 continue;
             }
@@ -245,7 +253,7 @@ class SeatAuditionFormController extends Controller
             $ensembleRankOn++;
         }
         $sessionKeyName = 'proposedSeatingArray-'.$audition->id;
-        $request->session()->put($sessionKeyName, $proposedSeatingArray, 10);
+        $request->session()->put($sessionKeyName, $proposedSeatingArray);
 
         return redirect()->route('seating.audition', ['audition' => $audition->id]);
     }