New York Districts?

[Kevin Leonard]

Originally Posted by Sperkowsky

There may be a little confusion.

Most of the big NYC teams concerns
1.money
2.transportation(parents dont have cars)

Most of the big Long island Teams concerns
1.money
2.travel time

Most of the upstate teams issues
1.travel distance to nyc
2. I don't know what they are doing up there but i haven't heard anyone from upstate say they didn't have enough money to travel

Some of what you are hearing about nyc problems in this thread are broader issues.

Any championships should be where the highest concentration of teams are, not the "central location" of the state.

Side note

Traveling to long island for nyc teams is also very easy with a hop on the subway to the LIRR. Having a dcmp in long island would work too but also give another 45- 1 hour of travel time to upstate people.

There are most certainly teams upstate with similar problems relating to money and travel time.

A championship in NYC would be 6 hours away from teams in Buffalo and Potsdam, while an Albany championship is 5 hours away from the tip of Long Island.

I won't say which is better, but either one is hurting quite a few teams.

And remember, only the top 60 teams or so would travel to the district championship, and they additionally have the choice to decline.

Additionally, public transit connects Rochester to Albany, as well as NYC to Albany in a straight line, whereas going via public transit from Rochester to NYC takes seven hours.

Regardless of the DCMP location, a discussion about this subject in a formal setting needs to occur ASAP.