[Chris is me]

I dunno if I support or oppose district system basically nationwide. I know the Wisconsin - Minnesota region alone has way more than enough teams to do this, so it could potentially affect my team.

One really, really awesome thing about the regionals is that it's "not just your average everyday science fair". I mean, it is totally awesome to have a STADIUM FULL OF PEOPLE cheering with all of YOUR TEAM's hard work shown on a giant screen interacting with people around the world, and I imagine a lot of this is lost in a high school gym, where it would just seem like a glorified basketball game. I realize that regionals are expensive and decisions will have to be made but I really like the huge regional stadium format because, face it. If your team doesn't do well in two high school gyms, it's a lot less cool than your team not doing well in front of a few thousand people.

Also, I loved traveling with my team, and I'd really miss that with the district system. Driving up to Minneapolis, meeting with the Wisconsin Krew and a ton of brand new teams we'd never heard of before was really exciting and cool. It's part of what makes FIRST so special for me, that I'm not just going down the street to compete.

I guess it's kind of greedy to demand that though, considering how much dramatically cheaper the district system is. Well, it's out of our hands anyway, so we'll see and we'll deal. I hope we can still travel though.