NVSL Athlete Eligibility

[Anonymous]

I'm so sorry that happened to you- adults should not be scrutinizing kids' private areas to determine whether or not they see a bulge. That is so upsetting!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do we honestly think this is an issue? Our NVSL team has had only one trans swimmer (who had no problem swimming with their assigned-at-birth-gender). I have to imagine that meets and practices will go on as normal and I can't see reps demanding for kid's birth certificates.

Considering there was an issue last year where there was a protest at a fun meet for under 10 kids when someone claimed they saw a bulge on a 7 year old, I think we will probably see issues pop up. Not a huge amount because there aren't many trans kids in NVSL and most people I don't think care. But yes, I think somewhere this will be an issue.

It's not the number of trans kids that will dictate the number of protests. Unfortunately, it's the number of crazy parents, which we all know any in abundance, that will drive the frequency of this becoming an issue. And, it's an election year to boot!! Standby for crazies to come out of the woodwork, all trying to one-up each other to make the next news cycle.

[Anonymous]

It was one crazy parent over the summer in NVSL, right? Not downplaying emotional damage to the child and the child’s parents, teammates/friends, etc, but it was just the one crazy parent right? The guy who said he wrote on the printed results posted on a wall that the child wasn’t really a boy or really a girl, I don’t remember which.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do we honestly think this is an issue? Our NVSL team has had only one trans swimmer (who had no problem swimming with their assigned-at-birth-gender). I have to imagine that meets and practices will go on as normal and I can't see reps demanding for kid's birth certificates.

Considering there was an issue last year where there was a protest at a fun meet for under 10 kids when someone claimed they saw a bulge on a 7 year old, I think we will probably see issues pop up. Not a huge amount because there aren't many trans kids in NVSL and most people I don't think care. But yes, I think somewhere this will be an issue.

That was a B meet too. Completely off the hook crazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do we honestly think this is an issue? Our NVSL team has had only one trans swimmer (who had no problem swimming with their assigned-at-birth-gender). I have to imagine that meets and practices will go on as normal and I can't see reps demanding for kid's birth certificates.

Considering there was an issue last year where there was a protest at a fun meet for under 10 kids when someone claimed they saw a bulge on a 7 year old, I think we will probably see issues pop up. Not a huge amount because there aren't many trans kids in NVSL and most people I don't think care. But yes, I think somewhere this will be an issue.

That was a B meet too. Completely off the hook crazy.

Not even a B meet. A fundraiser meet with kickboard races.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do we honestly think this is an issue? Our NVSL team has had only one trans swimmer (who had no problem swimming with their assigned-at-birth-gender). I have to imagine that meets and practices will go on as normal and I can't see reps demanding for kid's birth certificates.

Our team (not D1) has one kid who swims A meets and scores points who will be affected by this. I honestly don't know what's going to happen. Either the kid will swim in their assigned-at-birth gender this summer, or the parents will put the club at risk of noncompliance with NVSL. It's only going to get more obvious as the kid gets older.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do we honestly think this is an issue? Our NVSL team has had only one trans swimmer (who had no problem swimming with their assigned-at-birth-gender). I have to imagine that meets and practices will go on as normal and I can't see reps demanding for kid's birth certificates.

Our team (not D1) has one kid who swims A meets and scores points who will be affected by this. I honestly don't know what's going to happen. Either the kid will swim in their assigned-at-birth gender this summer, or the parents will put the club at risk of noncompliance with NVSL. It's only going to get more obvious as the kid gets older.

This is how the team will have to register the swimmer.

[Anonymous]

Any guidance provided at the Rep meeting?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any guidance provided at the Rep meeting?

Nope