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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The irony in all this is, most kids with advantage summer birthdays that dominate NVSL swimming 50s, get absolutely crushed in the real LSC swimming world, including PVS.

One day, the world will finally awaken to what a true joke summer league is and all the 'all star' fanfare associated with it. [/quote]

This is a REC league FFS. Most rec leagues have All Stars opportunities. It’s a chance for the kids who don’t commit year round to have a higher level of competition and, given the volume of swimmers, it really is a high honor to be chosen.

The real joke is that the vast majority of club swimmers will never swim on scholarship, only a tiny fraction will make the Olympic qualifiers, and only a tiny fraction will ever make a living out of swimming. As is the case with pretty much every “elite” child sport from hockey to baseball to soccer to gymnastics. The best we can ever really hope for from these things is a love of sport, fitness, and developing some positive character traits. Is it worth the $25k or more people easily spend when you could get the same from rec leagues? Someone whose been through it would have to tell me. . [/quote]

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