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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The chair of the NVSL rules committee has a child who was league age 9 in both the 2011 and 2012 summer seasons.  [/quote]

That was a decade ago, why are folks so upset about that now?  That kid has either aged out or is going to age out soon.  Unless the that kid is still swimming as a 9 yo in 2022.  If so, then that definitely is a scandal![/quote]

I'm not upset about it.  Just pointing out another example and how vested interests could have played a role in shaping or maintaining the current rules.  The kid was also a double all-star last year after coming back to summer swim following his freshman year at college.  As others have pointed out that just doesn't seem right for a league that everyone says is supposedly just for fun.  A coach maybe, but a 19 year old about to be a college sophomore taking opportunities from high school kids .. really?[/quote]

While I think it is silly to change the June 1 date because it is used by so many swim leagues around the country for sake of ease and it was the rule for most of the time NVSL has been in existence, I do agree college swimmers should not come back after their freshman year.  A quick google search shows that leagues have language in their rules to prevent this from happening.  This is the proposed rule change people should be after.

[b] Regardless of their age, swimmers may not compete in the league after the summer following their graduation from high school.[/b][/quote]

So the redshirted kid gets to compete? And my kid who spent all his life being the youngest in his grade is out?[/quote]
It is absurd for a rising college sophomore to be competing in a rec swim league for kids. [/quote]

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