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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The current gen are annoyed they can't pay people to do the work volunteers used to do. Hilarious how they want to outsource every aspect of their life...can't grill, gotta have food trucks. Can't time, need ot hire teenagers or off suty life guards. Heck they try to use on duty life guards as baby sitters.

Also, there is no need for 3 timers for 6 year olds swimming.[/quote]

This, and I think it's one of the reasons kids sports in general are dying out. No one wants to be involved or make a commitment any more.[/quote]

Just an observation from a non-swimmer parent...I swam growing up- wasn't particularly good, though placed in the top 5 in a few high school events- but even in our competitive summer swim league, we didn't have 3 timers per lane.  You got one and you lived with the time they clocked for you.  It's been fascinating reading these swim threads.[/quote]
Did you have touch pads though? High schools when I grew up had a touch pad and one timer as a backup.  Most summer pools rely solely on timers, and that's why there are 3.  [/quote]

No, our summer league pools didn’t have touch pads- they had ONE mom or dad holding a stop watch.[/quote]

I don't know if rules have changed but I'm pretty sure at least two are currently required in order for the time to "count" for placing at A meets, individual standings, etc. Of course this is irrelevant for most 6 year olds, but some are really fast. You can't just randomly change the policies for the 6 and under heats because 1) you never know if a 6 year old will have a fast swim that needs to "count", and 2) the heats before and after will need 2-3 timers per lane anyway.

Swimming has always required a high level of parent commitment. I remember the signup posters at my pool growing up in the 80s and 90s (ah, the good old pre-Internet days). It takes a lot of people to run a swim meet and there are a lot of them in a short season. Honestly if you can't commit to helping out you shouldn't sign your kids up for summer swim. I know plenty of parents who don't because they are realistic about their time while working full time. There are plenty of other activities that don't require so much from parents. [/quote]

I hear you and agree that if 3 timers are required, you can't go rogue and only have one. But, does anyone get a college scholarship from swimming summer league? Serious question as my kids are not on swim team (as you said, we could never do it due to being a two working parent family).  Do the times/standings ever impact anything beyond the end of July?  [/quote]

Very interesting that you think that kids sports are only of value if you can get a college scholarship.  But yes, you can. 
https://www.mynvsl.com/hall-of-fame[/quote]

"But yes, you can" what?  Great, a handful of swimmers out of thousands got a small amount of $ from their summer swim league.  [/quote]

Are you the same poster who starts threads about how travel sports should only be for kids guaranteed to get a college scholarship (as if there’s any way to determine that ahead of time)? Maybe just stop posting on a sports forum because you are obviously clueless. [/quote]

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