[Akash Rastogi]

One reason I support the district system for NJ/NY area teams is because of the number of matches teams can play for a lower cost and also just the amount of experience they gain.

In many of these teams' normal seasons, they go to one regional hoping to get selected, many have fallen short of this dream in most of their years of existence. They go home after this one regional and wait for the next season. With districts, more competitions for a lower price will allow teams to improve at the next event like most teams fortunate enough to attend more than one regional do in the current system. The affordability factor in this sense raises the competitive level of not only the top tier teams, but also those teams who usually only compete at one regional and don't get a chance to make a new iteration of their design for the next competition.

I know for a fact that attending more than one regional certainly helps us improve greatly and its evident that it helps almost all teams gain experience when they attend more events. So not only will upper-crust teams in our area improve at each event and send the best of the best to the state championship (like 67 did in MI) but it was also help underprivileged teams finally be able to step up and realize their full potential.

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