All the FRC Teams That Ever Were

[Mark McLeod]

New version is posted.
I italicized the defunct teams. I'm not sure it adds anything. Too much mixing of regular font and italics, it all just sort of blends together.

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

That might be different. For example, I know Detroit Catholic Central (located in Novi MI) signed up this year and got assigned as Team 2731, but they never played. Perhaps they didn't get funding. You might keep those numbers around; if they come back next year, will FIRST keep them as the same number?

Each year we get 20 or 30 teams who register, but fail to launch.
Offhand I'd guess that FIRST eventually just purges those unplayed numbers, however, the did maintain all that stuff for years and only began purging it from the public database in the last couple of seasons. BTW this seasons failure-to-launch teams are still there in the public FIRST database (e.g., 2731), but last years aren't (e.g., 2351, Mariner HS, Everett, WA). I don't know if FIRST maintains full data in their private database, but I suspect they must.
None of those teams who have been able to successfully start again later has ever gotten the original never-played number. They always get a new rookie number that matches the year they really do first play in.