[Mark McLeod]

I suppose an obvious change to make inspections more managable is to place a cap on the number of teams at an event.

Like what Michigan has done with limiting district events to 40 teams. If a region has to accommodate more teams due to team density, then split them over a double weekend, or do a split event like Minnesota (although the latter doubles the volunteers and space necessary).

Traditionally, Regional Planning Committees look at how to pack more teams into a venue as the number of local teams gradually increases. A venue that eventually allows 60+ teams though without doubling the fields and volunteers, such as inspectors, both overloads the inspectors and decreases the number of matches possible under a traditional schedule.

It's cheaper of course for a committee to pack more teams in through creative rearrangement of existing space then to rent a venue twice or find a larger more expensive place. But sooner or later a practical limit is reached and that's when we get teams finishing inspection on Friday morning and 7 matches per event.