Are 8 play regional reasonable?

[Bryan Herbst]

Originally Posted by maxnz

Minnesota added 19 teams this year. If we grow by the same number next year we're at 227, and the year after that 246.

Becoming a district is something we will want to do very soon if we want to be under the magic number of 240 when we switch.

I wouldn't count on that kind of continued growth.

The last big jump was 2012 (153) to 2013 (180).
2013 to 2014 was only 6 teams.
2014 to 2015 brought in another 6 (to 192).
2015 to 2016 was actually 16 (we are currently at 208).

We have also hit the point at which we have a team at most schools that can support an FRC team (and some that really can't). Many of the schools looking at FRC would be much better off with an FTC team. These are schools with around 100 students total in rural areas without many local companies to leverage for money and mentors.