Are 8 play regional reasonable?

[The other Gabe]

Originally Posted by Mr V

Student satisfaction in the District System is greatly improved. Our first season I spent a lot of time in the pits talking to students across all levels of teams. NOT A SINGLE student wanted to go back to the Regional System.

this. I did 2 years under the regionals and two years under district format, and it is so fantastic to be able to go to at least 2, usually 3 or 4 events (my team is good most years :v ), for a much lower cost than 3 events would cost if you were doing regional events. not to mention that the smaller district events are far more manageable when you account for schoolwork and missing class - Regionals take up far more time.

the district system is also far fairer IMO. in 2013, there's at least 3 teams I could list off the top of my head that absolutely deserved to go to world champs that couldn't since they didnt win anything at regionals. Due to the district points system, the team that gets second place at every event they go to earns their way to champs through that consistent quality.