WE'VE DONE IT!

[Racer26]

Originally Posted by Blackphantom91

4000 Is quite an accomplishment, But I say keep going because its still not in every high school yet!

Not even close.

Using Ontario as a (perhaps unfair) example: [since Ontario has 3 FRC regionals, while the remainder of Canada prior to the 2012 season had none; Ontario has a disproportionately high percentage of the Canadian teams.]

Ontario has 911 publicly funded secondary schools (read Public+Catholic school boards combined), as of the 2009-2010 school year.

Ontario had 65 FRC teams in the 2011 season. 7 or so of these teams are at private schools that are not part of the 911 above. That means that only 6.3% of students in Ontario are even EXPOSED to the program, let alone get to participate.

Keep in mind: The highest numbered 2011 rookie was 3883. Rookies for 2012 started at 3925.

As of 2011 of the 3883 teams that have ever received a number, only 2065 of them played in 2011. That means that in 20 seasons, we've lost 48.6% of the teams that have played.

Also, only teams that existed since 1997 have a permanent number. Teams that folded prior to 1997 have been lost to history in a way we can't track, due to re-issuing numbers each year prior to that.