[EricH]

Originally Posted by Aren Siekmeier

And what about teams in areas where supporting a district system can't happen in the near future, if ever?

You mean like Hawaii?

Here's the #1 problem with districts in HI.

It's NOT the number of teams.
It's NOT the distance from the mainland.


It's that Every. Single. Time. a team from HI wants to compete in a location that is NOT on their island, they have to airfreight the robot AND fly the team (well, they could possibly catch a ferry... but that takes a lot longer).


So, for those of you in MI, particularly the Lower Peninsula, to understand: You need to attend an event at the MN border, and the Mackinac Bridge is out (and there's a ferry starting in Detroit if you really want to take a couple of days). Now make that TWO districts like that. That's Hawaii's problem, in a nutshell.