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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery
While most regions experience issues with team density being concentrated in particular areas, New York is by far the worst example of this. The incredibly uneven distribution of teams in the NYC area compared to the rest of the state presents a unique challenge.
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I'm not sure it's really that big of a deal. Hold two or three district events in New York City, hold one on Long Island, then one in Rochester, Troy, and maybe Syracuse or Clarkson.
It becomes significantly easier if New York becomes a district the same year they start to allow cross-district play, since then teams near Troy could elect to go to an NE event instead, and perhaps some Canadian teams could go to the possible Clarkson event.
Then hold NY State Champs in either Albany or Syracuse, with some significant sponsors helping for travel fees for some teams in NYC and Long Island that make it.
It's not easy, sure, but I'm not sure its incredibly difficult either.