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Originally Posted by Wiifi
Concerning the MN Snow Drift tournament do you know of any limit on the number of teams that can register? If everything goes to plan we could have up to four FTC teams in Bloomington next year, one for each middle school and one for the two high schools. Last year it appears that there were 23 FTC teams in MN, looking at the teams currently registered in Minnesota for the 2012 season there are already two new teams from other areas of the state. That puts the total # of teams at 25, not including the three potential new FTC teams from Bloomington.
Evan
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In the past, Joe has set the size of the tournament based on the number of MN teams registered. I believe the date of that determination has been well into the season, late December or early January. My hope is that this is the year that FTC explodes in MN. I know of a few other organizations that are already forming teams that have not registered and we’re actively recruiting more teams. It would not surprise me at all if there were in the neighborhood of 40 MN teams this season. The venue at Prior Lake High School can easily accommodate a tournament of up to 48 teams.
In past discussions with Joe, he’s already planning for the eventual participation level that will force MN into a regional format similar to what Iowa had this year. Several regional tournaments that the top teams advance on to the MN Snow Drift Tournament. I’d welcome that format as it allows teams more competition opportunities. More competition opportunities improves teams.
I believe Joe gets notified whenever a MN team registers, but it doesn’t hurt to drop Joe a line.