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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sadly, we pulled our 3 kids out this Summer. They were A meet/summer swimmers, one in his final year. Heck, I ref,d for 4 of those Summers to support our neighborhood. The kids did it for fun (team sport athletes the rest of the year) and to be apart of the community, but that was taken away. The fun of it. The competition. The team atmosphere around meets.

Thanks MCSL. Like most governing bodies, you are out of touch and suck at your jobs.  [/quote]

What’s sick and twisted is the board says we should thank them for even being able to have meets. Even though meets could be held without their stupid waiver and fascist meet policies. They seem to think that swimming glorified time trials is what everyone wants and that the swimming piece is what mcsl is about. Mcsl is about the cheers, the spirits, the crowds behind lanes, the lines at the snack bar, the crowded clerk of course area, the chaos of warmups, kids on each other’s shoulders, biting the relay cards. To the board it’s about swimming and the times, to the swimmers parents and coaches and coaches it’s about everything but that and that’s the shame in this whole thing.

We should all be fearful though, the board warned that cyber bullying is not ok and they will report us because trying to usurp their authority is bullying [/quote]

I forgot about the kids biting the corners off of relay cards.  Thank you for reminding me.   It sounds so silly but those traditions are awesome.  That is when my kid fell in love with swimming. I hope they can still do things like that.

It feels like there are several layers of disagreement going on here.  The MCSL current regulations are far more stringent than the state of Maryland and MoCo.  There seems to be disagreement and confusion about the rules for unvaccinated kids but can’t we all agree that vaccinated individuals shouldn’t be limited, per the CDC (if you want to wear a mask - fine your choice).  Thinking about our pool, there will be a significant number of kids fully vaccinated by time trials.  Would be nice for them to unmask.  And also coaches and parent volunteers.  I would be happy to submit my vax card to stay out of a mask.  Also, 10,000 people at Preakness. Probably okay to have 200 at a swim meet.  Feels like a lot of cutting our our nose to spite our face. Without the fun, MCSL will die...[/quote]

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