A very dedicated and driven group has formed to create a proposal and move Wisconsin to districts. It is our goal to have this happen by 2018.
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Originally Posted by rich2202
Makes it tough on teams that are on the WI side of Minneapolis and Duluth.
Maybe we just have to define the district carefully to exclude the NW corner of the State.
I can see playing in another regional. You have the chance of advancing.
What's the point in playing in another district if you don't get points? I guess if that District is week 1, then you get some practice before your Districts matches that count.
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When Michigan went to districts in 2009, it made ZERO sense for the UP teams as they all traveled 8 hours to get to the Wisconsin regional, districts forced them to drive 8+ hours twice to the LP to compete. Look up some of my posts from 2009 I fought it hard. But I can tell you that districts has made the teams in the UP better, and now there are 2 events in the UP.
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Originally Posted by the_godfaubel
Any movement to bring an event to Madison? When I'm at school, I don't get to help out as much as I'd like. Bringing an event to Madison (Alliant Energy Center or possibly Kohl Center) would be great. It also might give those teams on the west side of the state a nicer journey for their second event.
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Madison is on the list of potential sites in the future. A member of the group has just moved to Madison from Michigan and what he did in Michigan is help grow teams and track that growth. He is going to be a great asset to the Madison area and Wisconsin as a whole. I am looking forward to working with him.
Edit: I will add that the 2 venues you suggested would not be used as a district event location unless the venue was donated. The point of districts is to lower the cost of the events both for the teams as well as running the event.
With the budget of the current Wisconsin Regional we could run 3 district events and a state championship, and the quality of those events wouldn't really suffer compared to what you get at a traditional regionals.