Thread: **FIRST EMAIL**/FIRST Adds District Event Model Alternative to FRC Program
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Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/FIRST Adds District Event Model Alternative to FRC Program
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Originally Posted by Madison
It makes no difference. There will be always be teams that are on the outskirts of districts, regardless of how their boundaries are drawn. Those teams will incur significant additional expense to receive the same opportunity to play as teams within districts, presuming things remain largely similar to FiM's pilot.
I think I lost you halfway through. If some teams will always be on the outskirts of districts due remote locations, why would the districts be any less advantageous than regionals? If there location is really that remote wouldn't the regionals be just as far (if not farther) away than the closest district? If the distance traveled is no different (or less) and would theoretically be getting a better deal monetarily than they would under the regional system (even if you factor traveling expenses). So I don't see how districts would be fundamentally less advantageous for remote teams than regionals are. I understand that they proabably wouldn't have it as good as the more centrally located teams, but they almost certainly wouldn't have it severely worse.
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