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Originally Posted by Alex2614
Well I guess all of us rural teams in areas where it is extremely difficult to start teams are stuck paying more for less play. The more disadvantaged are stuck at an even bigger disadvantage. I understand why now we have a hybrid system but eventually it does needs to go everywhere. Otherwise you WILL see rural teams folding and/or less successful. Rural teams have to work twice as hard for a dollar than a lot of urban teams do, and now they are paying even more. We pay close to 8-10 thousand for two events, whereas districts get two events for the price of one.
I would like to see an opt in system. Otherwise you WILL see pockets of teams where travel to events is nearly impossible because the nearest event may be 10-15 hours away.
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To be clear, I don't mean to belittle the efforts of your team or any other in a rural area where travel, fundraising, and local growth are all more difficult. I've been very impressed with what 2614 has accomplished in the last 7 years.
However, I'd like to point that you say "even bigger disadvantage" and that you will be "paying even more," and this is what I was trying to address. You are not paying any more for your events just because someone somewhere else is paying less. District expansion does not make things worse for teams outside districts, only better for teams inside districts. You (and us) always had to pay 8-10 grand for two events, and this number won't go up with district expansion. Their number just goes down, so how is that anything but good?
The edge case is when all your event options are lost to the district, in which case opt-ins should be a possibility.