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**meteeratymn** · 02-25-2010, 10:16 AM

disagree, there are more than you think likely, see my post above, we certainly have a good enough showing in the big 10 to have a big 10 tournament. and in the midwest (geographical region not the federation) there are at least 10, and most major universities have a club, pick a big city with a university and I will bet you it has, or had a club(looks like UI folded when the sandan left).

Sorry for the confusion, I didn't not mean to imply that at all. What I meant was that clubs in the east and west coasts have more college clubs within a smaller distance compared to those in the midwest, making it easier for them to form and attend college specific tournaments. With this in mind, it boils down to the issue of travel distance and costs. For clubs that have more that are closer, the cost and ability to attend college specific tournaments is much lower than those that have fewer within that same distance. For example, the nearest other college club to my old one (Carleton College) was U Wisconsin Madison, a 4.5 hour drive, and the next closest would be U Chicago, a 7 hour drive. By contrast, there are more within that same driving time in the New York area. Bottom line is that it depends on how far clubs would be willing to travel for tournaments and how many clubs are within the maximum driving distance they are willing to travel.

02-25-2010, 10:16 AM	#7
meteeratymn Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 503 Senior Member	disagree, there are more than you think likely, see my post above, we certainly have a good enough showing in the big 10 to have a big 10 tournament. and in the midwest (geographical region not the federation) there are at least 10, and most major universities have a club, pick a big city with a university and I will bet you it has, or had a club(looks like UI folded when the sandan left). Sorry for the confusion, I didn't not mean to imply that at all. What I meant was that clubs in the east and west coasts have more college clubs within a smaller distance compared to those in the midwest, making it easier for them to form and attend college specific tournaments. With this in mind, it boils down to the issue of travel distance and costs. For clubs that have more that are closer, the cost and ability to attend college specific tournaments is much lower than those that have fewer within that same distance. For example, the nearest other college club to my old one (Carleton College) was U Wisconsin Madison, a 4.5 hour drive, and the next closest would be U Chicago, a 7 hour drive. By contrast, there are more within that same driving time in the New York area. Bottom line is that it depends on how far clubs would be willing to travel for tournaments and how many clubs are within the maximum driving distance they are willing to travel.
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