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Re: Confirmed New Districts for 2015?
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This is true. I was mainly talking about teams already part of their own district system. (For example, a team from Maine going to play in NJ)
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While most regions experience issues with team density being consentrated in particular areas, New York is by far the worst example of this. The incredibly uneven distribution of teams in the NYC area compared to the rest of the state presents a unique challenge.
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FIRST is sufficiently dense in a fair number of regions to enable a transition on that count... but there are other factors at play, most notably motivation to transition to districts. That motivation can overcome many other factors (i.e. younger region, fewer current volunteers, large geographic region)... just look at the PNW for that. I have heard incredibly few complaints from district-regions saying they wish they could go back to regionals... |
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When the team density in Florida reaches the correct amount, Florida will be more than capable of becoming its own district system. Just the distance that would be had from having to make a region in the southeast with the correct team density would be very difficult for many of the southeastern states. |
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For other teams it does get harder to see teams traveling across the country to compete but again I don't see it as impossible for a two day event in a high school. Many teams develop great relationships across the country every few years some teams travel far distances to compete to expand their horizons. For a few years, 1519's second "home" event was the North Carolina Regional competing in 2010, 2012, and 2013. That's not to say if North Carolina goes to Districts 1519 will sign up again but if its during school vacation instead of competing for a third day you can sight see or do something fun. Time will tell but I see the most benefit for areas bordering districts who used to call other events "home". The Tech Valley Regional in New York was created to give teams in that area a close event once they got shut out of events in New England like GSR and WPI. Who knows maybe the decreased cost of an additional event helps teams put that money towards traveling. |
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There's a lot more to the quality of an event than the shape of the building. Don't forget that IRI is held in a high school gym.
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When we do go to districts I believe that Florida would be a region all to itself, Georgia team density is to far from the border to make it feasible. |
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We travel far 'just to play in a high school gym' anyway. |
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It is coded such that you can tell both the density and longevity of a region. Red markers are 1992-1996 rookies. Green markers are 1997-2001. Blue is 2002 - 2005. Yellow is 2006 - 2013. And Blue dots are 2014 rookies. I apologize that it's a little ugly, my styling options are limited on Google Maps and Fusion Tables refuses to let me get the geocoded data out which means I'm stuck redoing all the encoding before I can produce a new visualization. |
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I was talking with my former coach and thought VA is sort of a pain to draw district lines for. |
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Edit: Never mind, it works now |
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Try a different browser. Opened up fine for me in Chrome on my mobile.
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It becomes significantly easier if New York becomes a district the same year they start to allow cross-district play, since then teams near Troy could elect to go to an NE event instead, and perhaps some Canadian teams could go to the possible Clarkson event. Then hold NY State Champs in either Albany or Syracuse, with some significant sponsors helping for travel fees for some teams in NYC and Long Island that make it. It's not easy, sure, but I'm not sure its incredibly difficult either. |
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