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Originally Posted by orangemoore
Can someone explain how a team could be 3 years older and have a number difference of 54
Thanks!
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If a team branches off from another team, they are often not considered rookies, but rather a "new veteran" because they often share much of the experience and resources of the original team. The new veteran is given the same rookie year as the original team and a corresponding number to that year (ie 2014=4900+).
For example, our second team, FRC 193 formed last year, but has a listed rookie year of 1997 (11's rookie year). The stipulation when they received their number was that it could not be lower than any other rookies from that year (I think this may have been because the team number system changed after the 1997 season.) The highest numbered team from 1997 was team 192.