[Stephen.Yanczura]

Cosigning the post above -

One of the prime benefits of the district model is letting teams of limited resources play more robots.

There are teams of limited resources that, in the old model, could conceivably spend 6+ weeks building, testing and iterating their bot; show up at their one regional (5k$); play 10+/-2 matches and be done for the season. That model needed work.

Every event, every match, every time - play hard, play to win. You make yourself better and can elevate teams around you.

I could also see a case being made for using a third event (after already qualifying for DCMP) to get a backup driveteam or new members some good experience behind the glass.