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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our team denied a kid who was #1 in all events his Divisionals picks (he even gave 3 options!) and put him in an event he was least likely to make All Stars in, because no one else could swim it in his age group. He was an All Star contender, but never got to swim his chosen events because all summer long swam what the team needed him to do at A meets, and then at divisionals they took his choices away there too. Parent raised it with team rep and had her head torn off.

Some on team believe this is in violation of NVSL policy, Im no expert though.[/quote]

In my years as an nvsl parent with kids swimming minis, B, A, divisionals, and all star meets and in different divisions over time (btw 3 and 8), I have never heard this happen from other parents.

Youre going to have to out this team…
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DP. Not a good idea to out anyone.

Regardless, this is a situation where the coach put the interests of the team ahead of the individual swimmer - this was was wrong and destroyed the coach-athlete bond of trust. Likewise, the team rep was out of line. Unfortunately, the league won't likely do anything, deferring to the coach and rep. In that scenario, it's time to find another team.  Let the old team figure out how to win without him. [/quote]

So you'll just let someone else walk into the same situation next year after jumping ship? Sometimes name and shame is necessary.[/quote]

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