Ontario Moving to District Model in 2017

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Originally Posted by Karthik

- In 2016, 137 Ontario teams played 197 times before Champs, and spent $1,184,000.00 CAD in registration fees. This works out to $6,010.15 per play. (This was assuming an exchange rate of 1.28, which was a low estimate)
- In 2017, 137 Ontario teams will play at least 334 times before Champs, and will spend $1,207,500.00 CAD in registration fees. This works out to $3,615.327 per play.

$6000 vs. $3600 per play on average.

I don't think anyone's arguing that District registration fees aren't a better value than regionals, just that in the particular case of Ontario the total cost for initial registration will be higher with districts than it is with the current regional system.

When most regions move to districts, they maintain the standard registration fee associated with the previous regional system (~$5000). Out of curiosity, what was the rational for Ontario to raise the price beyond that? IMO it makes it much easier to sell districts if the only additional cost is travel expenses due to attending an additional event (or an overall cost savings if your team previously went to 2 events anyways).