Any recourse for kids skipped on ladder for Divisionals?
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Anonymous
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Swimmer on our team didn't get their divisionals top pick, because the team wanted to accommodate a swimmer below them who can't swim anything else.
The passed-over swimmer could be moved to other events, but has a much lower seeding in those events and, like everyone, wanted to maximize chances at divisionals. Coaches said they "felt bad" for kid below on roster, team reps wanted to expand opportunities for more kids to attend divisionals. They asked passed over kid parents to voluntarily move him to other event, they said no, but team reps did it anyhow. Both kids attend all practices, are year-round swimmers, swim all A meets and have parents who volunteer heavily, not that any of that should matter. |
Anonymous
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What do you mean, they asked the parents to voluntarily move him?
The coaches pick the divisionals entries. This is 100% their call as coaches. |
Anonymous
| Like any team sport you play where your coach tells you to. |
Anonymous
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Even at INDIVIDUAL year end events, with no team points attached? The kids' one chance to swim what they want, supposedly?
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Anonymous
Join another team next year if you don’t like it. |
Anonymous
If this is your kid’s one chance to swim this stroke, how did they get a time to qualify for divisionals? |
Anonymous
| B meets .... |
Anonymous
So they had multiple chances to swim what they wanted? |
Anonymous
There are team points at the divisionals for MCSL. |
Anonymous
| This is an NVSL situation |
Anonymous
| OP - is this for NVSL or MCSL? |
Anonymous
[google] NVSL |
Anonymous
| Sad post |
Anonymous
I would be pretty upset, they asked and went against the families wishes anyway. What was the point in asking then? Makes it 5x worse. I’d be going to the coach. Kids work hard and earn their spots at NVSL divisional, it’s the swimmers (and their families depending on age) choice. |
Anonymous
| OP again, not my kid, but wondering if there is any NVSL complaint process for this. |