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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm laughing at "one of the largest and most prominent leagues in the country" -- it's summer swimming! Utterly meaningless in the big picture, and no one in "the country" cares a whit about how your kid does in summer swim team relays. Simmer down, OP, and just have fun with it.[/quote]

1) Factually OP is right

https://www.swimtopia.com/nvsl-the-first-and-biggest-summer-swim-league/

"When it comes to Summer League swimming, the Northern Virginia Swimming League, or NVSL as it is commonly known, is the one of the “Grandfathers” of summer swimming – one of the oldest and biggest leagues."

https://swimswam.com/northern-virginia-swim-league-cancels-2020-season/

"The Northern Virginia Swim League (NVSL) perhaps the single-most star-studded summer swim league in the country"

"A number of nationally-recognized names got their start — or at least some fun SCM racing — in the NVSL, and the star power continues to be strong enough that USA National Team member and 12 time individual NCAA All-American Andrew Seliskar no longer holds any league records. Future Texas Longhorn Anthony Grimm swept all of the boys 15-18 records last summer, erasing Seliskar’s butterfly and IM marks from that age group."

2) Everything is utterly meaningless in the big picture.  Doesn't mean the NVSL shouldn't be held accountable for last night's debacle.

3) You obviously weren't there.  Nothing about last night remotely resembled fun.  I love summer swimming.  I did it as a kid, and I've had some of the best times I can remember watching my kids swim in the summer (they compete all winter too).  But all the kids and families that were there last night deserve better.  If it means raising dues a bit so there is more operating budget or a part time administrator, so be it.  But there was so serious swimming talent out there last night and they deserve a better experience than what they got.[/quote]

So it would have been alright if less talented kids were swimming? These special kids deserve better than summer volunteers? [/quote]

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