Current Districts Map. Who is next?

[logank013]

Originally Posted by AGPapa

Districts are great, but they don't belong everywhere, especially not Alaska.

Totally agreed. You probably should have around 50 teams to go to districts. You may be able to get away with 45 teams but assuming you have at minimum, 32 teams go to District Champs, you need around 50 teams. That's basically where Indiana was last year.

[Kevin Leonard]

Minnesota doesn't have enough volunteers, Regions X, Y, and Z don't have enough teams.

You know where has a large number of teams and a large volunteer base with dozens of teams that only get 8 or 9 qualification matches total for their registration fee? NEW YORK

There was obviously an in-depth thread about districts in New York a while back, but almost every team in the state would benefit greatly from districts.

Upstate teams that currently travel to get to two events can now have two events for the price of one, and possibly closer by. Downstate teams that currently attend one event can now attend two for the price of one, with more matches/event. Teams that build tremendous machines both upstate and downstate, but fail to win regionals can now have an opportunity to compete at higher levels if they choose.

Logistics issues include the great distances between upstate and downstate, and the location of a district championship, but these wouldn't affect the majority of teams in the state, and teams both upstate and downstate have close-knit networks of teams and sponsors that can assist with travel fees if necessary.

This would be huge for teams that consistently build good machines, but have trouble winning events with the intense competition at New York events, like 229, 694, 1126, 1511, 2791, as well as help bolster smart teams with lower resources, like 5236.

it could also help to spur team growth in New York City, as well as more sparsely populated areas of the state, like Central New York and the Adirondacks.

So please New York. Get it together and let's make districts happen for 2017 or 2018.