[Mr.Smoky15]

I feel if a team was made and then had to overcome common rookie issues (funding,resources,etc.), even if that means partnering with a veteran team, then they deserve the awards. Say High North wants to help rookie High East, High East is still a rookie team. However, if a team was made from the get go to be a "freshmen" or "2nd" team, then they should disqualify themselves from rookie awards.

So teams started by former members of other teams are still a rookie team if they had to start from scratch.