NVSL: Why Are People So Obsessed

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Anonymous wrote:I legitimately do not understand why people are so obsessed with a summer recreation swim league. Help me understand….go

Rec implies equal participation. On large teams, the majority of kids will never participate. Summer is fun- there is dressing up and singing and cheering. Winter meets are cold and sterile.

It is Rec. The rec part of NVSL are the B meets on Monday night. Every kid gets to race and participate. The A meets are the competitive component where only the best swim. Summer leagues are the best of all worlds.

FYI
B meets aren’t NVSL meets.

Do you understand what a rec league is?

Oh she does, and she will have you know that she and her child are not affiliated with the plebes of a rec league. She’s not a regular rec league mom, she’s a cool rec league mom 🙄

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's the biggest swim league in the country - and this a local area message board.

Atlanta summer swim association is about the same size if not bigger - 130 teams. Their championship meet is held at the Georgia tech natatorium and hosts about 5000 swimmers over a 4 day meet. So I’m assuming they must have at ~15-20k total swimmers.

That sounds utterly miserable

Lol, I’m sure the Atlanta families who are forced to endure plentiful parking, 2 ten lane competition pools, live-streaming, and an abundance of seating at the former competition venue for the 1996 Atlanta summer Olympics would much rather swelter outside and watch the kids swim in a shallow pool 6 lane pool.

If it means having to sit though ~1,250 swimmers on the day your kid swims, that sounds miserable.

Let me help you with some math - a meet with two 10 lane pools will run in 1/3 the time as a meet with a 6 lane pool.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's the biggest swim league in the country - and this a local area message board.

Atlanta summer swim association is about the same size if not bigger - 130 teams. Their championship meet is held at the Georgia tech natatorium and hosts about 5000 swimmers over a 4 day meet. So I’m assuming they must have at ~15-20k total swimmers.

That sounds utterly miserable

Lol, I’m sure the Atlanta families who are forced to endure plentiful parking, 2 ten lane competition pools, live-streaming, and an abundance of seating at the former competition venue for the 1996 Atlanta summer Olympics would much rather swelter outside and watch the kids swim in a shallow pool 6 lane pool.

If it means having to sit though ~1,250 swimmers on the day your kid swims, that sounds miserable.

Let me help you with some math - a meet with two 10 lane pools will run in 1/3 the time as a meet with a 6 lane pool.

Not if there are 50 times as many kids swimming on that day