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Re: Inter-District Play for 2017

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Originally Posted by Michael Kaurich View Post
I think week 1 is the only real way that this works and there weren't all that many week 1 events in NC, CHS, MAR... let alone ones that had space after the first round of registrations.
You can do a Week 4 and 5 in-district, so weeks 1-3 could all be before your first event.

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Originally Posted by Chris is me View Post
That's the impression I get. There is very limited availability of inter-district slots, and you don't find out if you've gotten one until very late in the registration cycle (December, when waitlists are cleared). This is too late for teams to adjust their "home" district event schedules, and too late to attend regionals or a third home district, so teams have to basically take a bet on the district event being available to them.
I think if FIRST/the districts really wanted to encourage inter-district play, they should at least open up registration the same time as 3rd plays.

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Originally Posted by efoote868 View Post
EDIT- Indiana and Michigan are reasonably close too.
Ontario and Michigan will be pretty close, I think?
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