Inter-District Play in 2017

[marshall]

Originally Posted by MARS_James

Nope, and it should be fun to watch because if the out of district teams completely dominate the local teams, causing many to miss out on advancement to district champs, it may cause FIRST to put hard limits on how many slots at a district event can go to teams outside a district.

I feel like this is one of those things that some local district teams will complain about because they don't quite understand how district points work but it isn't actually true and I suspect the impact of out of district teams on district events will be minimal overall.

Yes, out of district teams coming in have the ability to disrupt the event as any outside force does but they can't progress to that district championship. Chances are the top teams in the district will still be the top teams in the district regardless of the outside teams coming in. The outside teams also contribute $1000 to the local district, and they had to wait a really long time to sign up for the event to begin with.

But hey, what do I know? I want to get rid of bags.