[FRC Blog] The 2016 Season, by the Numbers 2

[ATannahill]

Originally Posted by GeeTwo

That sounds about right. The sad truth is that half of the FRC teams that ever existed do not exist any more. The good news is that the longer a team manages to continue, the better its chances are to continue to continue.

I wouldn't go quite with half, I'd guesstimate at a third. FIRST will usually leave a gap between the last rookie of year x and the first rookie of year x+1. I know one year they skipped every other number for a certain range. This allows for if a team splits or if there is another reason to use a number from a previous year without having two teams have had the same number at a different time.