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Re: (Lack of) Value in the Regional Model
I've been going to districts since it was first introduced in Michigan in 2009 and I've loved it. It does not necessarily isolate you to one region because you can go to regional events and districts in other district systems. It is just that other district systems to not count towards State ranking and neither do regional events. One thing that I love in particular about it is awards. It makes it more difficult to go to the World Championships with Chairmans or EI because you have to win it at a District, then you have to win it again at States. Plus, States limits competition to the best of the best in the state. For Worlds, there is a wait list but States is just pulling from who has the highest rankings. For example, FIM will have the 102 best teams in the state competing there.
The $5000 registration fee covers 2 events and the KoP plus First Choice. Then, each additional district, if I remember correctly, is only $1000 more compared to a regional. Then, States is another $5000 because it is almost kind of like a regional and Worlds is $5000. It might depend on region but after pricing out a possible district event, my team found it closer to $25,000
As for the comment about FIM rookies. FIRST added it up and Michigan has more rookies this year then the rest of the US combined.
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Last edited by SoulianPride : 22-03-2015 at 21:08.
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