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Originally Posted by Jim Zondag
Contrary to earlier comments "District System" is scalable down to very small numbers of teams. It really depends what your goals are. Some people think that to run robot tourmanments you need a big population of teams, but this is not the case. IF you want your local teams to play more, the real question becomes "do we actually need the different teams at different events?" Many people think the answer is yes, but we know while this would be preferred, it is not actual an operational requirement. Teams want to play more. Who they play with is secondary to how often they get to play.
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Jim,
Thanks so much for sharing this. There have been rumors this year about Texas going to the district model, which has prompted a lot of the noise you mentioned - "Not enough teams", "expensive", "time off school", "team density", blah blah blah. I like small events, I like lots and lots of matches. I think FIRST events are better than school. This is great.
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