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Originally Posted by Billfred
Perhaps some sort of record can be compiled, the What FVC/FTC Team Were You Before List. I imagine that FIRST has that data somewhere, though with this new system it'd take someone a bit of legwork (and that someone would not be in FIRST Place, obviously). Off-season project?
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Changing team numbers is one of the biggest problem with FTC.
The competition is NOT like FLL, but much closer to FRC. The competition is alliance vs. alliance, not a team against the clock. Teams need to make alliance selections, there are qualification rounds, and elimination rounds.
Team recognition, scouting, etc. all go into selecting alliance partners. Changing numbers every year just continues to muddy the water.
I don't see why this is being treated as a big problem.
FIRST's official answer is that it requires resources that they don't have. Ummm.... Just how much of my $275 would be needed to assign a requested team number? Why not just charge $300? It'd be a small price to pay for team recognition and branding. Assuming 600 FTC teams (probably more this year) times an additional $25 per team registration that's $15K. I think we can find a part timer to handle team number assignments for $15K!
I'm sure FIRST is worried about having too many transient teams like FLL, but if teams can request permanent numbers, don't you think they'll be in this for the long haul?