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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am actually surprised all of these programs are surviving due to the NCAA/House litigation that is shrinking swim rosters, particularly men’s.  I think the threshold for swimming in college is going to get exponentially harder, so it is getting harder to justify the sacrifices made to not get a slot and probably hurt your chances in regular college admissions bc you have no other activities.  I have always been told Winter juniors cuts and good grades will get a kid a slot at a D1 school.  I think you are now going to need faster times than that, which is really hard.

As a parent of a kid staring down this reality and who loves to be in the water, it is depressing.  I feel bad they have spent so much time on the sport (and achieved what used to be the needed standards) and it will likely go no where now.  If I had a younger kid I would stick with summer swim and HS swim and try to develop other interests.

And, please save the criticism.  I know there are worse problems in the world and I already blame myself for giving in when they asked to do all this.[/quote]

This is crazy to me. My kids play different club sports. Not once did we go in with an expectation of a NCAA scholarship. Sports, including swim, are about so much more than getting a D1 scholarship. [/quote]

Actually your kid is more likely to get. d1 scholarship after the NCAA House litigation.  It is walk-ons who have been eliminated and roster size has been cut.  But I guess my point is when you start aging into the elite HS groups I am not sure it is worth doing if you are not swimming in college and that is so much harder now.  I too was a parent who agreed to club swim when my kid was little bc they absolutely loved it and it gave them another social outlet and seemed like healthy non-contact exercise.  But now we are at a crossroads where my kid can’t participate in a lot of school activities or hold a job during the school year bc practice is so intense.  It seemed worth it when they were chasing college dreams but now I am questioning it. I am just trying to provide this perspective to parents thinking about getting on the swim train. The world is wide and big![/quote]

I think this is a very well-taken point.  Even my much younger kid worries about what they will have to miss out on when it is time for NDGs.  The choices are hard even if you're not yet thinking about college swim.  The sport can give so much good - but it requires so much time, even at younger ages. [/quote]

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