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Originally Posted by Boltman
RAS is optional at each event and often replaced by Highest Rookie seed.
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It's not replaced by Highest Rookie Seed. There's always a HRS, unless there just aren't any rookies at the event.
The optional part is that if none of the rookies at the event demonstrate the qualities needed for the award, the RAS is not given out. My guess is that this was written so that if there was an event with just one rookie team, that team wouldn't be guaranteed a RAS award and the advancement that goes with it. They have to earn it.