[maltz1881]

Personally I love the districts. Before they were started our team would attend a regional, play 8 matches and we would call it good for the year. With the districts we play approx. 25 or more matches. That is triple from what we used to play.

One of the biggest reasons districts work is because of the volunteers. Each and every team must supply at least 2. On top of those great volunteers from the teams, we get others that are willing to give a piece of themselves. Michigan has some of the finest people who are willing to come lend a hand. Each event has at least 100 volunteers that are willing to do any job from being a judge to handing out safety glasses at the pit doors. Every job is extremely important.

Each host team works for months in advance to make sure everything runs smoothly. Setting up the field takes an incredible group of team leaders and students working side by side. The only rewards they get are a few pieces of pizza and the satisfaction in knowing they have accomplished something that many teams from around the world have never known.

While I seriously doubt that this would work for everybody. It would work in other areas that have well over 100 teams like MI. CA and FL come to mind for places that it would work.