Re: District Feasibility/Potential
 

It is a lot easier to get a school to schedule a S-S event, but ignoring that for now, there are pros and cons to the Fri-Sat and Sat-Sun schedules**. A S-S event means you typically don't have to miss school or work, but you also don't have a rest day afterwards. Which means, especially for event organizers and volunteers, Monday mornings are hard - you're tired. Break down and clean-up can run to midnight. F-S events mean you may have to miss a day of school or work, but you have Sunday to catch up on sleep, homework, etc. Especially for teams who travel several hours to the event.

Team surveys have shown that people in MAR are evenly split on which schedule they prefer.

** I'm leaving out the setup day in this discussion, which includes the evening uncrate and practice. Not all teams can make it the evening before.

Re: District Feasibility/Potential
 

There are definitely benefits to both systems. I personally would prefer (both as a mentor now and back when I was a student) the F-S model because there is a day to re-charge before plowing into a full week of work/school.

The S-S model sounds like it will be easier to book and staff as it doesn't interfere with work/school.

I hope as more areas move to districts events are scheduled to allow teams a choice between which events fit their needs best.