77 new teams?

[johnr]

I have been gone awhile but i always look in this time of year. I just saw this - http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2014/01/08/first-robotics-adds-77-new-michigan-teams-now-top-state-in-u-s/ - It speaks of 77 new teams in michigan. Is this article right. How did this happen? I hope it is not a one time start-up thing. The only thing worse then not taking part in FRC would be told you can't do it next year.

[nikeairmancurry]

I believe the number is 93 according to the FIRST website, but here is the reason for the huge jump in teams in this thread..

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=118567&page=2&highlight=Michigan

[Carol]

Are they all new FRC teams or FTC teams as well?

[Mark McLeod]

Michigan has 56 86 (thanks Allison!) new FRC teams at this point (including 3886 a "new" veteran sibling to team 3767).

[Tom Line]

FIRST in Michigan has been remarkably good at promoting the start of new teams. This year they contacted local teams to ask to help mentor those news teams - we've been in touch with a number of the new teams around us to help.

As always, the real trick is not starting a FIRST team. That part is easy. The hard part is long-time retention. Even well-known teams fail. FIRST is a very difficult endeavor over the long term unless you've been very lucky in terms of sponsorship.

[Allison K]

Michigan has 56 new FRC teams at this point (including 3886 a "new" veteran sibling to team 3767).

Hey Mark,

What data source are you using? I'm seeing about 85 MI rookies using the old search tool here (https://my.usfirst.org/myarea/index.lasso?-session=myarea:0A7D788702aa2192D3YmPR2F694C).

[Mark McLeod]

That entry still lists 55 rookies.
Rookie team numbers start at 4900.

[Allison K]

That entry still lists 55 rookies.
Rookie team numbers start at 4900.

There's a second page that lists 30 more teams :) The system can only show a max of 250 results per page, so it's getting cut off at team 5216. The highest MI rookie number is 5316.

[Mark McLeod]

Silly me.
I've never had to switch to a second page for a state before :)