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Re: [FRC Blog] Inter-District Play for 2015

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Originally Posted by 1493kd View Post
I could not agree more makes no sense. Or at least leave a limited amount of spots open at events for non district teams. Non district teams are getting much less bang for our buck and having to travel more in the current system.
I remember when I was a student, people were still arguing whether district were still worth it. Now it's "almost" universally agreed upon.

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I cant see why we are unable to participate in a district event, just because of where we live.
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Originally Posted by Infinity2718 View Post
I agree with you, it doesn't make sense. Maybe someone can explain it.
I think this may be one of FIRST's unofficial tools of encouraging (prodding) regions into transitioning to district play. If you dangle this really neat opportunity in front of a bunch of teams ineligible due to their region's outdated format, it gives them all the more incentive to organize and modernize.
The problems associated w/ the logistics of an ever-growing FRC Championship is becoming too prominent to ignore, and having a proportional tiered system alleviates that problem by distributing the over-crowdedness to the regional championship level where it is much smaller scaled and easier to handle.
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