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[XaulZan11]

Originally Posted by Boe

To add on to what others have said, if you look at MN we currently can send up to 24 teams (not all of which are necessarily from MN). If last year MN was in districts we would have made up ~6.6% of FRC teams which would have given us ~40 spots under the district system which is ~166% more teams sent from the state, all of which would be MN teams.

On the flip side of the "districts are easier to qualify for the championship", if Minnesota had 8 ~30 team regionals (such as those in Canada, for example), Minnesota could send up to 48 teams. I think an arguement could be made that smaller regionals are the ideal structure.