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They won't renumber 'till they have to
Until '98, the teams were renumbered about every year. Then the decision was made to keep the same numbers to create continuity, and so teams could come up with an 'identity' associated with their team number. My guess it that if they need to avoid 4 digit team numbers so the controllers will work, they will continue filling in the empty high 3 digit numbers for as long as they can.
For what its worth, while I like, and have gotten used to our present team number, I wouldn't mind a renumbering based on seniority. We would then have a one digit team number.
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Team 45, TechnoKats, 1996-2002
Team 1062, The Storm, 2003
Team 233, "The Pink Team," 2004-present
The views I express here are mine, and mine alone, not those of my team, FIRST, or my previous teams.
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