Are 8 play regional reasonable?

[wlaroche]

There are two things that are never brought up in these conversations.

What about out state teams that will have to travel for both distinct events. Take say 30 students and 5-8 mentors (and don't forget about parents, they are not in these numbers), put 4 students into a room and 2 mentors into a room that leads to 11 to 12 rooms. Say you find a room rate of $80; that comes to around $1000 just for rooms. Now teams are gong to have to pay to drive maybe 5-8 hours to get to the events in maybe a school bus, multiple vehicles, coach bus (our coach bus for 5 days to champs was $4000 - $5000, you could find a cheaper price for transportation but it will not be free). Now on top of getting to the event you have to pay for meals (yes you would still be paying for food for one event (regional) but not two (districts)). Once you add all this up double it, this is what out state teams will have to pay just to get there. Now yes, you get more plays but you have to pay more (maybe $5000 with district vs $2500 for regional) with school bus to get those extra plays. What I am getting at is not everyone is going to have the opportunity to stay in there bed for two events.

The other thing I never hear about is you have 2 practice matches on Thursday, and if you get inspected early, you can be in the backup line and play more. So realistically they are not just getting 8 plays. Yes I understand 8 in qualification plays.