All District FIRST?

[AllenGregoryIV]

I pulled the below division off the NEFIRST blog. I believe this was done a few years ago so things will probably change but it at leasts let you see some ideas of how districts could be divided.

[Jay O'Donnell]

Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV

I pulled the below division off the NEFIRST blog. I believe this was done a few years ago so things will probably change but it at leasts let you see some ideas of how districts could be divided.

That's a VERY cool way of doing it, thanks for sharing!

[ghostmachine360]

Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV

I pulled the below division off the NEFIRST blog. I believe this was done a few years ago so things will probably change but it at leasts let you see some ideas of how districts could be divided.

Southeast Region.....
Let's just change that to the Southeastern Conference, aka, the SEC.

It fits us better.

[dodar]

Originally Posted by ghostmachine360

Southeast Region.....
Let's just change that to the Southeastern Conference, aka, the SEC.

It fits us better.

We need a lot more teams before it can work down here. Florida needs over 150, Georgia would need over 100, South Carolina would need over 80 and Alabama would need over 70 and even then Alabama might have to be split up into 2 different regions.

[dodar]

Actually, when Florida hits the 150 team mark, we could have our own district system.

[PayneTrain]

Originally Posted by dodar

Actually, when Florida hits the 150 team mark, we could have our own district system.

I don't see how you think 150 teams is a magic number. Michigan started around 120 teams, MAR started at around 100, and I think NEFIRST will start at around 160.

The district system is a totally scalable model. If Hawaii wanted to move all of its 3 dozen or so teams over to a district model, it's fine. It works better when you "combine" regionals like Philly and NJ into MAR, DC, Chesapeake, and VA into the NCR, and Florida could fold in Orlando and South Florida into its own district system, play with 72-80 teams, and it would still work. Michigan's first year of districts also had nearly the same team density as Florida does right now.

[lemiant]

Why do we need to draw lines at all? If the regular season has a couple of destination regionals which allow a one competition shot at the championship for teams that for whatever reason cannot handle the district system (most obviously because of location), the rest can all be districts. Any team may attend any district event and earn points there. Then we host a number of championships. Everyone globally who is over a certain points threshold qualifies for the intermediate championship stage and they register for the championship of their choice, preference would be given to local teams, but there would be a little wiggle room so most everyone could select a championship of their choice. Those qualified from the regionals and the championships go to worlds.