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Originally Posted by Koko Ed
From what I heard almost all of FIRST will be going District by 2017 (there will be obvious exceptions like the Iowa/Nebraska/ Wyoming/North Dakota/ South Dakota areas where there area not enough teams and too much distance to make districts feasible).
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Originally Posted by cadandcookies
I'd agree. Teams from Iowa are as much a part of MN events as MN teams are-- I can't image North Star without you guys, and not having 525 in the state last year was just weird.
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Originally Posted by dag0620
My hope is teams in sparsely populated states (teams/events wise) or teams teams in states who in the regional model typically competed out of state for their home events, will have the ability to choose and declare which region they will belong to based on what is best for them.
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This is my feeling about it. It's no doubt that FIRST will be entirely districts in the near future and for the teams in rural locations, they should have the choice of which system fits them best.
The teams in Iowa may find it best to align with Minnesota for a district system for example.