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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No. Coach is being short sighted and dazzled by the private plane. The rest of the club will always suspect the coach of favoritism and being beholden to the private plane swimmer. They might be able to get away with it once, but when the coach accepts other favors and perks, the rest of the team will always resent the relationship.[/quote]

What kind of favoritism are you envisioning? Swimming is entirely time based.[/quote]

Correct, but coaching matters and favoritism can be shown by coaching/paying attention too some kids more than others during practice.  [/quote]

So the concern would be if a coach shows too much or not enough attention to a kid during practice, not whether he gets a ride with a family.  [/quote]

Most of the other parents would be concerned with whether they are getting their value out of their time and money.  If the basic premise is pay X and get Y, but it turns out they are getting Y-1 because someone else paid X+10 to get Y+1, that would be frustrating.  EG if it feels like a zero-sum game (or less).  Which well it is competitive after all.  If the value proposition is parent pays X and gets Y+1 because someone else paid X+10 to get Y+2.  They might be fine with that, but it remains to be seen what the benefit for the others would be if any.  Does the team have a booster club/company sponsor?[/quote]

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