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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know there has been a push to move IAS to a venue like GMU and charge entry fees to cover rental.  Has NVSL thought about that?[/quote]

How about charging entry fees and passing them along to the host club/pool?[/quote]

So there are two considerations.  Right now, running these two meets is a huge lift and if the team does not make a lot of money there is no incentive to close to their general membership.  Our pool's swim team families make up 20% of our general membership.  They are the most active families but nowhere near close to a majority.  My guess is that most pools are the same  and you would have to talk to the pool board to see what the breakdown is.

So next year the plan is to charge an entry fee for either each relay entered for ASR and an entry fee for each swimmer for IAS, so let's say $10 per swimmer- nominal for the most part.  So the teams that send the most entrants would pay the most.  This money is to counter the loss of pool use and work; in theory compensate the pool's other 80% membership from loss of use.  Now, if you rent a facility we are talking about a LOT more money and I am not sure most teams could afford that.  The entry fees would only provide $5000- $9000 to the host  pool depending on which league met.  For some pools this would make a huge difference.  But renting a facility is in the tens of thousands.[/quote]

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