Speaking as the one that registered 2974 for the events... We didn't do Gainesville for a couple of reasons. We try to avoid week one events. Also at the time the Gainesville venue was an unknown. We also liked Dalton. Columbus is our Prom weekend. Also that would mean back to back competitions. While I agree that Gainesville and Columbus are a little stronger, at least on paper, that wasn't evident at registration time.
The competitive side of us do like the blue banners.
Increasing the competitiveness of the PCH district is only going make us better. While I rarely make statements here representing the team, we look forward to working in a constructive way to making PCH a better place. Part of which is improving the performance of all teams.