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Originally Posted by IndySam
Wow I hate to bring up the fairness thing but I can't help myself.
Michigan teams are going to get more plays per team, more bang for their buck while the rest of the country is still shelling out full price. Happy for my MI friends but quite frankly that sucks for the rest of us.
The Boilermaker regional once again will bear the brunt of the burden without the Michigan teams that have supported that regional in the past.
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Not only that, but the teams that do attend regionals such as BMR will miss out on the opportunity to play with/against these top-flight MI teams (IRI notwithstanding). Not to say that the BMR attracts lower-level teams (there were several regional winners and the eventual world champs), but taking MI out of the equation drops not only the number of participating teams, but the average level of competition as well.
Something else that has been missed in this discussion is the experience of traveling to extra regionals. I'm sure many students would agree that the highlight of the season (if not year) is traveling to a "distant" site to play with/against "distant" teams. When we went to WMR in '06, I know of at least 6 students on the team for which it was their first time out of the state of Indiana.
That being said, whatever system FIRST goes to, I will most likely support. I realize the people up there are much smarter than I, and I'm sure they'll do the due diligence to come up with the best possible solution for all.