Ohio going to Districts?

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Originally Posted by Alex2614

Wouldn't surprise me either, albeit it would make me angry. I would hope they would be allowed to compete at a nearby district. But as I said above, using the example of here in WV, it is already hard enough on us to start teams that have enough money to travel to regionals (when other teams have much cheaper events that are much closer). If they leave WV out, there is nowhere else for us to go. This is something that I'm deeply concerned about because with only 4 teams, we can't support our own district. I don't want to be stuck only being able to travel to the Dakotas or Canada because everyone around us is in districts and we aren't allowed to compete there.

It's like a catch-22. You need a bunch of teams to start a district, but when you make it harder and harder every year for those teams to travel, and make t cheaper and easier for everybody else in FIRST, you won't see team growth in those places. We will have to tell new teams in WV "oh you have to pay 5,000 to go to one event 10 hours away, but everybody else gets two closer events for the same price."

I have heard that VA may go to districts in 2016, so it wouldn't surprise me that if we did go to districts, there would be one in the Southwest of VA and there would be one in Northern VA. Not perfect for WV, I know, but if they allowed them in it would be at least better than Canada or the Northwest States. Ohio (if they do go district) and MAR are also options, though MAR would definitely be a stretch.