Possibility for Minnesota: Adding Offseason Events

[blueyoshi256]

Jon, getting everybody to host their own events is the same sort of idea I'm suggesting. For us, the hardest part is finding a space. 4536 almost couldn't host the week 0 because the Basketball team did well, and Central wanted to host that game. Before that, I believe Washington was trying to host. We do have a gym as a school, and finally some carpet as a hub. But hosting an event requires two things that are hard for us: Custodial overtime and field setup. It doesn't make sense to borrow a field for 5 hours and 15 teams, and while we are trying to find spaces that would always be open and would have cheaper cleaning, it's really difficult.

That's why I'm suggesting that a whole bunch of teams could split the cost of the space and field. By keeping a field set up pretty much permanently, and having a 24/7 space, a 5-hour 15 team event becomes possible.
As for who would do the organizing, I don't know. I could help this summer most likely, but I'm going off to college next fall. I know several teams that would be happy to pitch in, 2491 and 2855 to name a few. I also think that a 15-team event changes the organizing problem by making it far easier to organize. It would be very difficult for the dozen teams in the St. Paul hub to set up a single 30 team event, and possibly not worth it for a 15 team event that includes field setup.

In short, we would love to run a small event, but we don't have the space or the field. I'm sure that we aren't alone. By banding together, we make the space and field much easier to obtain, and the more teams involved, the more impact a space could have.