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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The OP also sent the same exact post to existing TOLL swimmers via blind copy, posted this to DC Urban Mom, and stated they filed a complaint at USA Swimming. The OP is clearly hurt and a little naïve about the world of USA swimming.  As a PP poster said, there are [b]ALWAYS [/b]two sides to a story.

The 14 yr old swimmer is with the new club; the swimmer can swim in championships; the team did not block the swimmer’s transfer.   When switching clubs, it is a USA swimming requirement to be unattached for 60 days (used to be 120).  Unattached means that they are not-affiliated “officially” with a club, but that new coach can coach them at the meet (they just are not eligible to represent the team officially).

When one of my swimmers switched to TOLL, my swimmer practiced with TOLL that summer and was not charged by TOLL for practices, and we were[b] NOT REIMBURSED[/b] by our old club for LC Season. This is [b]NOT UNCOMMON. [/b]
 
If a swimmer wants to leave, most parents place their deposit down for the fall and leave after long course champs for a new team.  This family chose not to, and these are the consequences as the team will invest in their future, not their past.

Full disclosure, I am a TOLL parent (my swimmers were on another team previous to TOLL) and have nothing but KUDOS for the team.   My swimmers' gains at TOLL are amazing, and the personal coaching has been fantastic for us.  Everyone will find a team that works for them; for us, TOLL works.

I hope the OP’s swimmer never becomes aware of this post. Unfortunately, it is already circulating in TOLL team group chats via text.   
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The lack of reimbursement isn’t uncommon, you’re right. But it sounds like TOLL essentially kicked the kid out even though he intended to stay through LC champs season. That is the part of this whole story that I find to be petty AF, incredibly immature and something that would put me off if my kid was looking to join a club. Club swim at the highest levels is a business both ways. TOLL does not have a reputation for producing college level swimmers, it is what it is, so if your goal is to get to that level it is not surprising that you would look elsewhere. Just like if a coach left TOLL to take a higher paid position at a more prestigious club, totally understandable and part of the business. Throwing a hissy fit in response to something that is part of club swimming just shows that this is a club not used
to the upper echelons of the sport.  [/quote]

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