[Zebra_Fact_Man]

I REALLY like the District model for a number of reasons, team-to-team intimacy being one of them, and believe other states/areas would benefit from trying out the format. Of course, I can't be certain because every region/state has it's own quirks and problems to overcome, but it has worked twice so far.

The one problem I see coming from a total district plan is losing the interstate travel and competition (seeing new teams & new places), but an easy quick fix to that would be to continue a handful of regional events scattered across the globe run as independent events (similar to off-season events) with Championship qualifications. Those who qualify via regional would just be passed over in the state rankings similarly to how they already do for teams who buy their way to St. Louis (I think they do this already? so there wouldn't be a problem).