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Originally Posted by bnardone64
How about if FIRST implements districts similar to the current regional system: Any team can sign up for any district, even ones outside their local area. However, if a team qualifies to advance in any district, they must go to that district's regional. Regionals are set up as a second level in between districts and Championships.
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Originally Posted by waialua359
If at some point, we can only compete in Hawaii, then its time for another program.
Hawaii will never move to a district model because the cost is horrendous and a logistical nightmare between islands.
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I am sincerely hoping that as we move to more bordering district regions, that FIRST helps us all figure out how to do the interdistrict play... but to do that, the points systems very likely have to be the same (or have some weird thing like the points don't count for your out of district play). There have been plenty of discussions around this, but I think so far FIRST has been against it. I think if more regions start to push for it, and as more Districts form up, I think it will be time to try and figure out how to do this effectively, as what has made so much of FIRST great is meeting teams from other places and finding out more about different regions. I really hope that we find a way to make all of that work.