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Originally Posted by ali_rockon22
Team 4 has not been around early in FIRST. They are a rookie team. FIRST, I guess, is starting to give out retired team numbers to new teams.
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For those who haven't heard, there's very likely a thread somewhere about the precise circumstances surrounding 4 and 22. Sufficient to say that it's rather messy. (Of course, Ali knows this, since he's from 22....)
FIRST is not giving out old team numbers to rookies in general—and indeed, since 4 was formed largely from former members of 22, "rookie" is not totally appropriate.
As a matter of fact, there was
no team 4 in 1998, when team numbers were first assigned under the current system. (See
here.) I'm not sure as to the reasoning behind this; maybe it was assigned to a team that didn't pay, or didn't compete?