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Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV
They changed venues this year so I don't think it's going to get over 40ish teams . It's capped at 34 right now.
Also Hub City and Razorback will both draw teams away from Dallas. It's also the same weekend as Bayou. Plus it's the weekend before Alamo and OKC and some teams don't like doing back to backs. A lot of factors look to make Dallas a lot smaller than it was last year.
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The cap is put in place to reserve spots for rookie teams. There are not many events that would be as low as 40 teams, I suspect that we will be around 50. I think the change also indicates what I have feared; because JCP is in such bad finanical shape, I have been hearing rumors of decresing support for FIRST. This would be extremely problematic to many of the 1st and 2nd year teams in the dallas area that were signifigantly funded by JCP. If this is true, tpotentially 15-20 teams that will not compete in 2013