pic: FIRST FRC Participation

[NShep98]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

Can anyone provide insight as to what happened in 2004/05? Did some grant project fund rookies then stop support?

My guess is a significant source of funding for FRC stopped entirely. On TBA's Insights page (http://www.thebluealliance.com/insights) 2005 is the only year in which there was a drop in the number of matches, by at least 1000 at that. And less matches fewer teams and/or events.

[GeeTwo]

Originally Posted by NShep98

My guess is a significant source of funding for FRC stopped entirely. On TBA's Insights page (http://www.thebluealliance.com/insights) 2005 is the only year in which there was a drop in the number of matches, by at least 1000 at that. And less matches fewer teams and/or events.

Not only was there little growth (the attrition and rookie curves practically touch, and the total number of teams is flat), this was the year that the game format went from 2v2 to 3v3, presumably accompanied by a reduction in the number of matches played at each event.

[bigbeezy]

Is the 2010-2011 bump in rookies due to the JCPenny grant? I can't remember when that began/ended. Know there were a ton of teams that took advantage of that.

Edit: That's when Districts began in Mich, right?

$1000 bump in registration is pretty big. Were rookies always $1000 more than vets or when did that start?

[Lil' Lavery]

Thanks, Karthik.

Originally Posted by NShep98

My guess is a significant source of funding for FRC stopped entirely. On TBA's Insights page (http://www.thebluealliance.com/insights) 2005 is the only year in which there was a drop in the number of matches, by at least 1000 at that. And less matches fewer teams and/or events.

A number of 2005 events are missing match results on TBA. That's the culprit.

Originally Posted by bigbeezy

Is the 2010-2011 bump in rookies due to the JCPenny grant? I can't remember when that began/ended. Know there were a ton of teams that took advantage of that.

Edit: That's when Districts began in Mich, right?

$1000 bump in registration is pretty big. Were rookies always $1000 more than vets or when did that start?

The first season of the district format in Michigan was 2009.

I believe the differentiation between the "rookie kits" and "veteran kits" began in 2010 (the second year of the cRio). For most of the duration of the IFI controller, all teams got a new control system each season.