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I am happy, because I am eager for the time when FRC is entirely district model based. I am a believer, so I am willing to go through the pain as FRC grows into districts everywhere.

As Travis said, it does put a lot more pressure on teams from Ohio who want to get in an extra regional competition. Almost every year at least one (and often two) of Buckeye, Queen City and Pittsburgh are not possible because of Ohio Graduation Tests. Sometimes (like last year) the OGT and spring break effectively knock out all three. We went to Crossroads last year, but without that we would have had to go even further afield for our competition. As a team that has only once in 12 years been able to afford two regional competitions, this puts even more expense pressure on us.

All that said I am happy Indiana is doing this. They have a fantastic base of volunteers and mentors in Indiana and I am confident that they will pull off the district model well. Hopefully it will speed our entry to the district system.