FRC Blogged-Something New--Early Release of Event Dates

[Chris is me]

To clarify some earlier discussion in this thread - today's blog confirms that no teams located outside of a district will be able to "opt-in" to any district. Not unexpected, but this clears up some of the confusion with the PNW region.

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

To clarify some earlier discussion in this thread - today's blog confirms that no teams located outside of a district will be able to "opt-in" to any district. Not unexpected, but this clears up some of the confusion with the PNW region.

While this isn't good news for teams like 2791/20, by any means, I'm glad that FIRST is at least keeping a standard to stick to. If one area's teams can't opt-in, another area's teams can't either.

I'm excited to see the first (I think it's the first) mention of inter-district play for 2015. That is something we are all looking forward to!

[mwmac]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

To clarify some earlier discussion in this thread - today's blog confirms that no teams located outside of a district will be able to "opt-in" to any district. Not unexpected, but this clears up some of the confusion with the PNW region.

I hope First will be open to revisiting this matter in the future. The intermountain teams now have very limited options for participating in regional competitions. As of this blog post, Utah is our closest regional venue at 340 miles, followed by Sacramento (554), Denver (813) and Calgary (956). Having previously competed in Portland (431), Seattle (504) and Spokane/Cheney (414) 2122 is not averse to traveling. If the district model is the future of First, with California likely to follow soon, I wonder where that will leave teams from Alberta, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and Utah?