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Re: 2014 10,000 Lakes Regional

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Originally Posted by cadandcookies View Post
I'm tempted to bet we'll be going to Districts before we get a fifth regional, and the Districts will be in MN in 2016 or 2017 (I haven't heard nearly enough buzz for it to happen next year).
Yeah, Districts in MN isn't happening next year. 2016 or 2017 would be well within reason, but I would bet we get a fifth Minnesota regional first. We may be almost at the state's current carrying capacity for teams, but we're going to get a lot of additional pressure as states around us go to districts before us, both from their teams looking for out-of-state play, and from Michigan teams having fewer nearby options.

Unless we see an Iowa regional in the very near future. But I honestly don't know how likely that is. The FRC community in the state is certainly growing close to the number of required teams.