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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Different poster:

Practice isn’t required and swim is a fair sport because it is purely based on times. Your kid makes the best times, he makes the a meets, relays, divisionals, IMs, all stars. If he doesn’t, he doesn’t. It’s not about how much mom does, how much a coach likes you or you family donates. It’s purely about times. We really enjoy the social aspect of summer swim but some kids don’t. That doesn’t take away from the fact that if their kids are better swimmers, their kids should take the best spots away from mine. This is true regardless if mine work harder, attend more events, are better sports, etc. If theirs perform better at time trials or meets, theirs “win.”

Not sure why some of you feel differently. It’s uniform across all pools. It’s not a warm fuzzy feeling reason. It’s based on a solid reason. [/quote]

Part of being on the team is practicing.  Otherwise you aren't on the team and just doing it to win/meets and no that's not fair to the other kids who are participating on the team, showing up, etc.  If they are practicing with their winter team, then they should stick with that and not take a spot on the summer team, especially on teams where other kids cannot get on the team as those kids are holding spots.[/quote]

Those who make the team rules are the ones who decide these things. Why you think you are in a position to tell other families that they shouldn’t take a spot on a team isn’t clear. Kids “should do” what the coaches say it’s ok to do. [/quote]

This. If a kid practice 5 days a week but goes to no social events, should he be on the team v someone who attends all social events?  What about someone who wins everything but is really encouraging and a mentor to younger swimmers v someone who is present at practices but a bully and rude to others?  [/quote]

Winning should not be everything and those kids shouldn't get treated differently as they win.  Summer team is supposed to be fun and inclusive.  If kids are not going to practice, they should not be on the team.  Most of those teens aren't mentoring younger swimmers and most go to the meets to socialize and not cheer on.  Those older teen parents aren't the practices or meets and aren't seeing what is going on.  It would be great if the older teens babysat the younger kids while the parents volunteered but they don't.[/quote]

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