Some data (shown below) for the past 12 years shows that our grow rate is starting to taper off. The numbers represent the number of teams that competed, not the number of teams that registered. Some teams sign up but drop out due to lack of funding or whatever.
Check out the % growth and how it has slowed down in the past two years. My prediction is that the growth will continue to slow down. There are 888 teams registered at the time I am writing this. It may even go above 910. But I predict we will have 910 or less teams actually compete in at least one event this year.
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Year Total % Gain%
1992 28
1993 25 -10.7%
1994 44 76.0%
1995 59 34.1%
1996 93 57.6%
1997 155 66.7%
1998 199 28.4%
1999 269 35.2%
2000 373 38.7%
2001 517 38.6%
2002 670 29.6%
2003 787 17.5%
2004 910 15.6%
2005 1030 13.2%
Raul