[cmrnpizzo14]

I would like to try to clear some things up about NY here as many people I see aren't from NY and seem to have some things messed up. (Personally I feel that NYC and Long Island would be able to make their own state quite successfully)

1.) Rochester and NYC are in no way close.

Whatever Google maps says, add a significant amount of time to get in and out of the city. I know several people that park outside of the city and then take the train in because they feel that it is faster than simply trying to drive in.

2.)Albany, geographically, is in the middle (roughly).

Albany is geographically as close as it comes to the center of NY while still being in a city. Also would like to point out that Albany is the capital of NY, not NYC as some new college friends seem to have thought. This is a 4 hour drive away from teams in Rochester. Add an hour for Buffalo area, subtract one for Syracuse. 1 highway the entire way, easy drive. Easy to do with parents/bus.

I don't know what the NYC mindset is about sending their children to the upstate farmland but as it has been shown before it would be less than $150 to send 1 student up to Albany just based off of transportation and hotel. I don't know why a team would consider commuting from the city up to Albany and back in a day, hotels are the way to go. This cost is more than anyone wants but definitely doable. There are enough businesses in NYC that would be willing to sponsor teams if you ask.

3.)It is much harder for upstate teams to go to the city than for the city teams to go upstate.

Yes, upstate teams have more parent support in terms of transportation as well as high budgets (cannot confirm, never actually worked with a NYC team. Just going off what people have said). A trip to Albany though is significantly cheaper than a trip down to the city. 8-9 hour bus ride, city hotels, transportation once your there, and general cost of being in the city all adds up. Relying on parents for driving also adds the cost of parking. I live in Boston now, I imagine that NYC parking costs are similar. I can say that parking on campus here can get up to $45/day. Albany or Troy would be much cheaper.

I understand that parents in NYC don't have cars but honestly for moving an entire team a bus is honestly easier anyways. Not sure about the cost but between thruway tolls in NY, and gas money, I don't think that a bus would even cost that much more per person.

TL;DR, I think NY should be one district, championships should be in/around Albany, upstate teams have problems too.