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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are a lot of folks in this thread with year round swimmers who are arguing for the age up change because their children are being disadvantaged in a recreational summer swim league.

What would level the playing field the most for the majority of kids is not changing the age up date, but instead prohibiting club swimmers from participating in recreational summer swim leagues. There are tons of other sports that prohibit club kids from participating in rec leagues. Swim is one that doesn’t. I’m mostly kidding, but it does appear from this 9 page thread that it’s the club swim parents who are upset by the age up date. [/quote]

This sounds like a great idea. Divisions 1-5 will agree. Families paying for private swim clubs will agree. Get rid of all star relays bc after 8 they won’t be anything without strong club swimmers. Just call them the ymca. [/quote]

I think you missed my point. I was pointing out that pretty much anyone is at a disadvantage in some way and complaining about an age up date seems disingenuous from parents of club swimmers. The biggest group being disadvantaged is the kids who only swim in the summer who no doubt would also like to participate in all stars (that is an all stars competition for the recreational swim league). But they often don’t get the opportunity because the club swimmers come in and take them all.  But those parents aren’t in here lobbying for a change to the rules. They just want their kids to have fun because it’s a recreational swim league. [/quote]

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