[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by Citrus Dad

Given that the Number 1 objective stated by FIRST for Championsplit is reducing travel costs and given the distribution of teams across North America, by far the highest probability is that California will be assigned largely to Houston, and a statement by a California team that they are focused much more on Houston rather than Detroit is completely valid.

I never disputed any of that. What I disputed was the statement that was in response to that, which was stated as a fact when the area is still up for potential change.

Originally Posted by Citrus Dad

We all have to act on the information we have given the lack of information from FIRST on the topic (which reflects the tone-deaf, insular way in which this proposal was rolled out in the first place). FIRST should have either (1) explored multiple concepts with community with an open book and then formulated a response or (2) released a very comprehensive, well considered, detailed plan. Instead they released a half-considered plan that anyone with experience sees is a political trainwreck in the making.

Save this for the other 10000 threads on this topic. Your vitriol is getting tiresome.