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Re: All District FIRST?

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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery View Post
Neither Michigan nor MAR have ideal team or district desnities. Nowhere does. There are always going to be teams who have to travel further or stay overnight to compete. The most flagrant example would be the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, which lacks the team density for its own district and is at least 3 hours from the nearest district and about 5 from the next closest. The district model is not the best solution for 100% of teams, but it does help the majority of teams compete more at less expense.
I wasnt saying that it was good/bad for particular teams but for the areas with high density teams going to events outside their respective areas. With the high density team areas, there just isnt enough teams in those areas to supports singular district events, let alone multiple in the vicinity;
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