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Re: Confirmed New Districts for 2015?

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Originally Posted by MARS_James View Post
So time to throw my hat in to the Florida Debate:

Combining this:


And this:



If Florida were to go districts as Florida only 3 teams who have only ever competed in Florida would have to find new homes (3998 in Georgia, and 4707 and 4091 from the Dominican Republic) but not the main point

If we were to host 4 districts and we would stick them in population dense areas they would be:
Fort Lauderdale
Tampa
Orlando
and The Merrit Island/Melbourne area.
And Orlando would most likely host championship

So teams such as 2556 would have to travel 5 hours to it's closest district(s).
I always thought like a good way to do it(In a perfect world) in the first year of Florida districts would be one a week: Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Melbourne, Tampa, Jacksonville. Then Week 6 would be a bye week before champs at UCF.

Back in reality, though, this is why Florida is a ways off from districts. As there are enough North Florida teams to care about, but not enough team density to warrant a district.
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