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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone know if swim teams ever kick in for pool expenses such as lifeguards or space rental?

And conversely, does any team get anything subsidized by pool dues (or does pool cover costs of anything)?

TIA.[/quote]

Why would the swim team pay for this? The family has to be a member of the pool to be on the swim team (and pay dues). Pool dues pay for the life guards and space.

If anything our pool makes a killing off the swim team. We have many families who join only for the swim team and barely use the pool outside of team activities. It's like free money for the pool.[/quote]

I feel the same way but have heard board members say we should pay $$ back to the pool for meets when pool is closed to membership [/quote]

I did the math on this at our pool. Back of the envelope the pool makes easily $30,000 off of memberships from swim team families that wouldn't join the pool without the team. In return the pool opens a couple of hours late for 2 or 3 A meets a year and closes early for 2 B meets on a weekday. The pool would be paying the lifeguards during the B meets anyway. So the pool pays for 2 lifeguards for 4 hours 2 or 3 times a year. I'm guessing the guards aren't making more than $25 an hour? So grand total of $600. If your pool is like ours it would be very foolish to ask the swim team to pay for space and guard fees.
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You would be amazed at what the board asks of our team…[/quote]

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