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Re: Frank Answers Fridays: Expanded Championship Qualification

Exactly. And to be clear, I want necessarily talking about just put team, as our city actually has a lot of potential sponsorship to choose from. But other teams in WV where their BIGGEST funding may be the board of education and the local Wal-Mart or if they are lucky another company close by. This is why rural teams fold more often. Coming up with 20k is not easy for anybody, especial rural teams. And to be clear, I wasn't saying that our costs are going up, but rather the advantage for urban teams only gets that much bigger.

I think that eventually we will see a district system everywhere, if nothing else out of necessity.

I understand why the expansion of districts has been slow and "region by region" but saying that it should only be in certain areas is almost like a slap in the face to teams outside those districts. Our costs are not going up, but the advantage is there. Now, if our regional costs were lowered that would be a different story. But urban teams already have much more potential out there for funding, and lowering their costs even more is the growing advantage I was talking about.

Now I understand not all district teams are urban, but for the most part, in general, they are.
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