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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bizarre. It’s the other parents who are pathetic, and jealous to boot. They should take it up with coaches if they have a problem, not bad mouth swimmers and other parents over a rule that they question and don’t seem to understand. I’ve never heard of such rules, btw. In my kid’s summer league kids swim with their age group, period, although I suppose they would be allowed to swim up. [b]The only age related rule that is controversial is kids who age up after June 1 get to continue swimming with the group they just aged out of.[/b][/quote]

This is not controversial.  For summer swim, the age of the child on June 1 dictates what age group the child swims in.  The child does not "age out" of a group if his birthday is on June 2.  The child is validly swimming in the age group in which he belongs based on his age on June 1.  Summer leagues elect to do it this way, versus winter swim where a child "ages up" on his birthday.  It benefits some kids, as does any calendar day cutoff for any sport.  That doesn't make it controversial or unfair.[/quote]

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