NVSL League Meets

[Anonymous]

The pool would not only shut down for that morning. It would shut down the day before for the extensive setup operation and stay shut down to members until the extensive cleanup operation was complete. You are definitely looking at two full days closed plus the facility taking a beating.

[Anonymous]

The facility would take no more beating than it does on a typical 4th of July.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The facility would take no more beating than it does on a typical 4th of July.

If I ever said this sentence to my Board, they would be like NEVER. Fourth of July TRASHES our pool.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like a trashy pool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like a trashy pool.

Or large membership

[Anonymous]

DP
What happens to your pool on the 4th? We get busy, but nothing gets trashed.
If we have to close for something we are able to send our members to another nearby club. The membership list just gets split between the other clubs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DP
What happens to your pool on the 4th? We get busy, but nothing gets trashed.
If we have to close for something we are able to send our members to another nearby club. The membership list just gets split between the other clubs.

At our pool it is water quality from the 4th. It is a huge event.

Last year the pool we swam against - well their pool was really bad. They also had sand so they had a filter issue. But it can take a pool a bit to get back to normal.

I think these events would actually do less than a big 4th party. Less swimmers in the water.

[Anonymous]

Our pool has hosted and it was left in tremendously worse shape than after the 4th. There are soooo many more people at the All Star meets than on the 4th. The parking alone is insane. You make all the neighboring streets mad about the parking. People park in ways that damage grass both at your pool at in neighbors yards. I have to assume your pool has not hosted an All Star level meet while you’ve been there or you would know what I mean by the pool getting absolutely trashed. It isn’t even remotely comparable to the 4th of July.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our pool has hosted and it was left in tremendously worse shape than after the 4th. There are soooo many more people at the All Star meets than on the 4th. The parking alone is insane. You make all the neighboring streets mad about the parking. People park in ways that damage grass both at your pool at in neighbors yards. I have to assume your pool has not hosted an All Star level meet while you’ve been there or you would know what I mean by the pool getting absolutely trashed. It isn’t even remotely comparable to the 4th of July.

I think that IAS is even worse than ASR because it is longer and there is a TON of comings and goings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In 2025, 91 of the 102 teams in the Northern Virginia Swimming League (NVSL) were represented at the All-Stars meet, so to say that only top division teams send swimmers is not an accurate statement.

And how many of those teams were in the orphan tent?

Yes, my team sends a swimmer or two to the meet. We get to be in the orphan tent because we don't even have enough swimmers to be allowed space for a team tent. So my team should be paying $100 for that experience while D1 is sending 20 kids and has two team tents? That is a pretty disingenuous statistic.

Agreed.

$100-$150 isn't a huge hit for a team, but can you imagine being a team like Pinewood Lake or Edsall Park, who barely have enough families to field a team, being asked to shoulder the same burden of paying for All Stars as any of the teams in the higher divisions? As a lower-division team with ~100 kids on the team, but who has been sending more swimmers to IAS in recent years (thank you, Coach!), we wouldn't be completely upset by it, but asking teams sending more swimmers to contribute a bit more is the much fairer way to make this work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In 2025, 91 of the 102 teams in the Northern Virginia Swimming League (NVSL) were represented at the All-Stars meet, so to say that only top division teams send swimmers is not an accurate statement.

And how many of those teams were in the orphan tent?

Yes, my team sends a swimmer or two to the meet. We get to be in the orphan tent because we don't even have enough swimmers to be allowed space for a team tent. So my team should be paying $100 for that experience while D1 is sending 20 kids and has two team tents? That is a pretty disingenuous statistic.

Agreed.

$100-$150 isn't a huge hit for a team, but can you imagine being a team like Pinewood Lake or Edsall Park, who barely have enough families to field a team, being asked to shoulder the same burden of paying for All Stars as any of the teams in the higher divisions? As a lower-division team with ~100 kids on the team, but who has been sending more swimmers to IAS in recent years (thank you, Coach!), we wouldn't be completely upset by it, but asking teams sending more swimmers to contribute a bit more is the much fairer way to make this work.

Why wouldn’t entry fees be better? Teams can decide whether they foot the bill, but if team participation is so lopsided, it makes more sense to charge by entry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: Why wouldn’t entry fees be better? Teams can decide whether they foot the bill, but if team participation is so lopsided, it makes more sense to charge by entry.

Oh…they would be better. I was just responding to the part of the discussion where someone suggested $100-$150 fee per team to cover All Stars.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In 2025, 91 of the 102 teams in the Northern Virginia Swimming League (NVSL) were represented at the All-Stars meet, so to say that only top division teams send swimmers is not an accurate statement.

And how many of those teams were in the orphan tent?

Yes, my team sends a swimmer or two to the meet. We get to be in the orphan tent because we don't even have enough swimmers to be allowed space for a team tent. So my team should be paying $100 for that experience while D1 is sending 20 kids and has two team tents? That is a pretty disingenuous statistic.

Agreed.

$100-$150 isn't a huge hit for a team, but can you imagine being a team like Pinewood Lake or Edsall Park, who barely have enough families to field a team, being asked to shoulder the same burden of paying for All Stars as any of the teams in the higher divisions? As a lower-division team with ~100 kids on the team, but who has been sending more swimmers to IAS in recent years (thank you, Coach!), we wouldn't be completely upset by it, but asking teams sending more swimmers to contribute a bit more is the much fairer way to make this work.

Why wouldn’t entry fees be better? Teams can decide whether they foot the bill, but if team participation is so lopsided, it makes more sense to charge by entry.

Team entries is what is being suggested. They also seem to have secured venues for ASR and IAS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In 2025, 91 of the 102 teams in the Northern Virginia Swimming League (NVSL) were represented at the All-Stars meet, so to say that only top division teams send swimmers is not an accurate statement.

And how many of those teams were in the orphan tent?

Yes, my team sends a swimmer or two to the meet. We get to be in the orphan tent because we don't even have enough swimmers to be allowed space for a team tent. So my team should be paying $100 for that experience while D1 is sending 20 kids and has two team tents? That is a pretty disingenuous statistic.

Agreed.

$100-$150 isn't a huge hit for a team, but can you imagine being a team like Pinewood Lake or Edsall Park, who barely have enough families to field a team, being asked to shoulder the same burden of paying for All Stars as any of the teams in the higher divisions? As a lower-division team with ~100 kids on the team, but who has been sending more swimmers to IAS in recent years (thank you, Coach!), we wouldn't be completely upset by it, but asking teams sending more swimmers to contribute a bit more is the much fairer way to make this work.

Why wouldn’t entry fees be better? Teams can decide whether they foot the bill, but if team participation is so lopsided, it makes more sense to charge by entry.

Team entries is what is being suggested. They also seem to have secured venues for ASR and IAS.

Which venues?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Which venues?

Great news, if true. Team Reps haven’t heard anything, but it’d be great to hear which polls were willing and able to fill the void!