[FRC Blog] Frank Answers Fridays: June 7, 2013

[Tetraman]

Originally Posted by Thunder910

Inter-district play can't come soon enough. I think it'll be interesting to see what happens when NY goes to districts (i.e. a bunch of districts on Long Island, one in Albany, and one or two in Rochester?)

What doesn't work well for NY is that teams aren't evenly spread across the state, they're tucked into little pockets. There are a TON of teams in the city and on Long Island, a large number near Rochester, and 10 or so in the capital regional near Albany. The rest of the state is sparsely populated with FIRST teams, those teams usually being near a college (i.e 229/4124, 639, etc.)
This spread of teams doesn't lend itself well toward district events.

I actually think having some districts in the CNY areas will greatly help FIRST in NY. There are toooonnnns of school just waiting for FIRST teams, but don't have the support that Rochester/NYC/Albany have.

I'm guessing: 2 in Rochester, 1 in Buffalo, 2 in/around Albany, 2 in/around NYC, 1 in Ithica, 2 in/around up north and the champs at the Carrier Dome at Syracuse University. (wishful thinking at least.)