[TheHotSnakes]

I think the cross bracketing is a bigger deal than the finals location. I like the idea of seeing new teams instead of the exact same teams year after year in the first couple rounds, but I can see it being bad by causing a lot more travel in the first couple rounds for those that don't like road trips like me. Also cost schools more money in travel, for early round games, and less money made on tickets when some will be unwilling to travel. I wonder why it doesn't include 1a, maybe those schools being small they don't want to give them a financial burden.

I actually will think it might cut down on travel for teams in some situations. If a district has to go way out west or east from their central location, getting another central district would end up cutting down on travel time for them that year at least.

Having districts 2 and 3 play each other cuts down on a lot of the travel for them, but kind of hurts 1 and 4. But, the distance between districts 4 and 5 isn't huge.

Someone is always going to have to travel, and that's never going to change. But, being able to occasionally cut down on annual travel while giving teams a new environment and new teams to play is enough for me to be on board.