Year to Year District Team Count

[Christopher149]

Originally Posted by Ryan Dognaux

That growth is absolutely incredible in Michigan, especially over the last 2 years.

What are the biggest factors in that growth in your opinion?

A grant administered by the MI Department of Education to the tune of $3 million per year. Rookies get enough to cover registration plus some, and it decreases to 3+ year teams who get $2500. Also, it covers advancement to States and Worlds. So it helps rookies big time, but also helps out veterans (which a number of grants seem to lack).

This grant appeared and caused the 2014 and 2015 growth spike. Also, Gail Alpert is quite a force at getting new teams formed.