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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The whole season is too early now. It is conflicting with spring Rec sport end of season. That didn’t used to happen. [/quote]

With school starting well before Labor Day in NoVa now, what are the options?  We’ve established the true nutters don’t think anyone should travel during summer swim.  So you want 2 weeks of the summer anyone can travel?  Get real.  Things overlap.  Pick your priority.[/quote]

Holding the All-Star meet on the first Saturday in August also creates a conflict with the Eastern Zone Long Course meets.  There were a number of NVSL all-stars who swam in both meets last year.  They would have to choose if the All-Star meet were a week later.[/quote]

This is a small number of kids so no offense who cares.

The bigger issue is giving all families to have some time to travel.[/quote]
It’s a smaller number of kids, but generally there are a lot of club swimmers amongst the All Stars, so Zones is a consideration. Let me guess, you’re one of the parents that hopes faster kids can’t make it to All Stars so your kid has a shot. [/quote]

I genuinely don’t give a shit about All Stars iand spoiler, the vast majority of  people participating in summer swim don’t.  [/quote]

Sure, but if the league is going to continue to hold an "All-Star" meet, they should at least try to make it accessible to the best swimmers in the league.  Some parents won't be happy until the league stops holding All-Stars and divisionals just so little Johnny has a better chance at making the 8 and under relay carnival.[/quote]

What's not accessible about it? It doesn't conflict with any major holiday or other NVSL event. They can't concern themselves with every other activity in the universe.[/quote]

As other posters have pointed out, when the NVSL all star event is the same weekend as the long course zone meet it waters down the all star meet.  Might as well call NVSL all stars a B meet if it's held on the same day as a major competition for the top PVS swimmers.[/quote]

So what should they do? If they move all stars a week late then you’d complain that the zone kids will miss divisionals.  The season is only so long. Everyone wants a break in August. [/quote]

The way the schedule lays out now there is no conflict.  Zones are after the NVSL season, including All Stars.  The crowd who wants to delay the start of A meets by a week and push All Stars back into August is proposing a conflict that would affect a small number of elite swimmers in the league.  There are pros and cons to every approach and this is likely a secondary consideration (August vacations being primary), but IMO it makes All Stars more meaningful for the kids who do make it if you aren't automatically excluding a subset of the best swimmers.[/quote]

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