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Re: Indiana going to Districts for 2015

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Hmm, this is news to me. I suppose it is the only conceivable reason that they ended up being excluded (I can't imagine FIRST or PNW having any reason to draw the line there). But I would have expected ID to want in ... Too much travel to attend a second event?
FIRST's original intention was to have MT and ID as part of the PNW District. MT teams would have had way too much additional travel so they were quickly dropped. It was put out to the RD for the ID area to poll their teams and see if the teams wanted to join or not. For the S. ID teams it would have meant a lot more travel as many of them did not traditionally play in PNW Regionals. There was some talk of the N. ID teams joining but from what I've heard the majority did not want to join. FIRST does have to draw a line somewhere and while they would prefer to follow state lines they were willing to let N. ID teams join.

I can't speak as to why any particular team or teams did not want to join the PNW district.
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Re: Indiana going to Districts for 2015

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FIRST's original intention was to have MT and ID as part of the PNW District. MT teams would have had way too much additional travel so they were quickly dropped. It was put out to the RD for the ID area to poll their teams and see if the teams wanted to join or not. For the S. ID teams it would have meant a lot more travel as many of them did not traditionally play in PNW Regionals. There was some talk of the N. ID teams joining but from what I've heard the majority did not want to join. FIRST does have to draw a line somewhere and while they would prefer to follow state lines they were willing to let N. ID teams join.

I can't speak as to why any particular team or teams did not want to join the PNW district.
Seems like some revisionist history happening here. PNW wanted/invited N. ID teams, not southern ID teams. Joining PNW would have meant less travel for southern ID teams especially after California goes districts and potentially draws in LV/NV. Until SLC regional started, Idaho teams traveled to Seattle, Portland, Sacramento regularly for their competitions. Having all of Idaho join PNW was viewed as existential threat by some to SLC viability. The issue is more complex than you are describing.
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