(Lack of) Value in the Regional Model

[EricH]

Originally Posted by George Nishimura

Honestly if I was in the US/Canada I would agree that the value proposition from Districts (from the outside, never experienced it myself) seems higher.

However I (and like a growing handful of other teams) am not, and while I predict that districts are indeed the future, I hope you find a space for the outlier teams. We love competing in the US.

My usual proposal when this comes up is that the "outliers" (as you so rightly termed them) should be given an opportunity to join--or rather, be included in--the district that their "home" regional will be in. For you guys, I believe NYC is the typical option; Chile and Colombia tend to show up in Los Angeles. IIRC, Idaho was asked about this when the PNW district formed.

I suspect that as time goes on, district events will become the "standard" event, and it'll be less of an issue that "such-and-such group of teams can/can't play in this area".