[Alex2614]

Originally Posted by Kevin Leonard

So the idea of New York Districts was once again brought up, and if I recall when I left this thread last, it was a jumbled heap of people arguing over petty things that don't particularly matter when it comes to making NY transition to districts.

There are so many teams that would benefit enormously from the transition to district events. Some great Capital Region teams I can think of that can only afford one event are 5236 and 4203, who are both awesome year-on-year, but only ever attend one regional. These teams would benefit enormously from districts.

Additionally, the majority of the teams that attend the New York City Regional only get to attend one event. With districts, those teams would now get two events, and be more likely to qualify for higher levels of play.

Almost every team in New York would be positively affected, except for perhaps 229 and 2053, who would likely still have to travel quite a bit for both of their events, and they often go out-of-state as it is right now to attend events.

I'm willing to hear counterarguments either in this thread or even in person this weekend at the Finger Lakes Regional, but I really can't see any good reason not to make the switch as soon as possible.

Spot on post! I think NY is going to run into a similar challenge that we here in West Virginia and teams in South Carolina is dealing with. You will soon be surrounded on all sides by districts, and your regional play options get further and further away. When Ontario and PA/OH/WV go into districts, where is your closest out of state regional? You are pushed pretty far away.