Anonymous
03/14/2024 11:31
Subject: NVSL Seeding Surprises?
They have over 250 kids. They don't have problem with getting parents' volunteering especially when their kid(s) are swimming.
Anonymous
03/14/2024 08:05
Subject: NVSL Seeding Surprises?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:To clarify a few things above. Both Old Keene Mill and Overlee are each hosting 2 Saturday meets. Overlee and Tuckahoe will travel to OKM for Saturday meets.
So Tuckahoe **did** get three home meets, while Overlee and OKM got two but Overlee got the relay carnival and divisionals (4 home meets total)?
No. Tuckahoe has two home meets. As does OKM. Overlee will make a lot of money but I don’t envy them trying to get volunteers for that many events.
Anonymous
03/14/2024 07:15
Subject: NVSL Seeding Surprises?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Div 1 wasn’t the only Div with some drama over hosting divisionals. In another division, another team insisted on hosting (and hosts every year).
Really? If there is a pool with 8 lanes, I would want them hosting divisional meets.
Do tell.
????
8 lane pools are faster than 6 lane pools.
The nicest pool is Virginia Run. I wish they would host. TEN lanes and the clubhouse is like an air conditioned hotel.
SS2!is also out there. They have 8 lanes and host divisionals often
Anonymous
03/13/2024 23:05
Subject: NVSL Seeding Surprises?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:To clarify a few things above. Both Old Keene Mill and Overlee are each hosting 2 Saturday meets. Overlee and Tuckahoe will travel to OKM for Saturday meets.
So Tuckahoe **did** get three home meets, while Overlee and OKM got two but Overlee got the relay carnival and divisionals (4 home meets total)?
Tuckahoe only has 2 home meets
Anonymous
03/13/2024 22:12
Subject: NVSL Seeding Surprises?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:To clarify a few things above. Both Old Keene Mill and Overlee are each hosting 2 Saturday meets. Overlee and Tuckahoe will travel to OKM for Saturday meets.
So Tuckahoe **did** get three home meets, while Overlee and OKM got two but Overlee got the relay carnival and divisionals (4 home meets total)?
Anonymous
03/13/2024 21:43
Subject: NVSL Seeding Surprises?
Anonymous wrote:Yes!!! Why are the scheduled published? Come on NVSL…
OVL just decided to host D1 divisionals last night.
Anonymous
03/13/2024 21:10
Subject: NVSL Seeding Surprises?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Yes!!! Why are the scheduled published? Come on NVSL…
Because it’s run by a group of volunteers, most of whom probably have full time jobs and other family commitments. As a rep, I can only imagine the level of work that goes into being a board member pulling off an entire season. Teams have their schedules and can post on their websites. I’m sure they’re prioritizing time sensitive activities to prep for the season while also managing the rest of their lives. I think we all forget that outside of coaches, the NVSL is entirely volunteer-run. There is no entity like many other youth sports teams that have paid staff to manage the admin. Soapbox over
❤️❤️❤️❤️ So much gratitude to the thousands of people needed to put together the wonderful summer league experiences for our children, and especially those of you in leadership roles (all volunteer positions).
Anonymous
03/13/2024 20:45
Subject: NVSL Seeding Surprises?
Anonymous wrote:Yes!!! Why are the scheduled published? Come on NVSL…
Because it’s run by a group of volunteers, most of whom probably have full time jobs and other family commitments. As a rep, I can only imagine the level of work that goes into being a board member pulling off an entire season. Teams have their schedules and can post on their websites. I’m sure they’re prioritizing time sensitive activities to prep for the season while also managing the rest of their lives. I think we all forget that outside of coaches, the NVSL is entirely volunteer-run. There is no entity like many other youth sports teams that have paid staff to manage the admin. Soapbox over
Anonymous
03/13/2024 20:44
Subject: NVSL Seeding Surprises?
Anonymous wrote:Explain how Overlee (or any of those pools) remain on top when they have 10 year waitlists.
They should have no kids under the age of 12 to seed a meet - yet, somehow by magic they do.
Even accounting for large families with kids of all ages, it does not add up. Those teams should die because of their membership situation. It does with other pools, but not them.
They don't have a 10 year waitlist.
People get on the list before they have kids.
OVL has a lot of large families.
They also offer a membership transfer with a real estate transaction. If you buy a house from a member who is moving away, they can transfer their membership to you. It's a great perk.
Anonymous
03/13/2024 20:40
Subject: NVSL Seeding Surprises?
Yes!!! Why are the scheduled published? Come on NVSL…
Anonymous
03/13/2024 20:35
Subject: NVSL Seeding Surprises?
Anonymous wrote:To clarify a few things above. Both Old Keene Mill and Overlee are each hosting 2 Saturday meets. Overlee and Tuckahoe will travel to OKM for Saturday meets.
Why aren’t the schedules posted on the NVSL website?
Anonymous
03/13/2024 19:22
Subject: NVSL Seeding Surprises?
I don’t know about Tuckahoe’s fit. But I am a team rep for a top third pool. At the meeting they hand out your division and then you go there and get the schedule. Your division rep asks you to look at schedule and make sure it is all okay. Honestly I always thought that was to make sure it was not messed up or had a typo.
It never would occur to me in a million years to argue the schedule or threaten to withhold. That is so childlike.
It never would occur to me in a million years to argue the schedule or threaten to withhold. That is so childlike.
Anonymous
03/13/2024 19:18
Subject: NVSL Seeding Surprises?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Div 1 wasn’t the only Div with some drama over hosting divisionals. In another division, another team insisted on hosting (and hosts every year).
Really? If there is a pool with 8 lanes, I would want them hosting divisional meets.
Do tell.
????
8 lane pools are faster than 6 lane pools.
The nicest pool is Virginia Run. I wish they would host. TEN lanes and the clubhouse is like an air conditioned hotel.
They are a miserable drive away, have a terrible seating set up and the club house is closed unless you work table
I’ll take Virginia Run’s spectator area over many other pools. They provide bleachers, with canopies/tents, at the turn end. They also provide pool chairs along the side on the pool deck.
Many other pools I’m stuck sitting on the side of a hill in some buggy grass area. Some of the hills are so steep, the chairs lean forward.
Anonymous
03/13/2024 18:26
Subject: NVSL Seeding Surprises?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I heard the Tuckahoe reps threw an absolute hissy fit and are refusing to host divisionals because it was their turn to have 3 away meets. I really hope someone takes them down a peg this summer!
Ha, looks like someone called their bluff - https://www.instagram.com/p/C4ddQNXO9M_/?igsh=amxiZXo3cGhvdDY3
Okay that is amazing!!! So Overlee not only gets three home meets but both divisional meets. All the $$$$$$ to them.
Yup, and Tuckahoe still only gets two home meets and has to swim away at OKM. It’s the little things.
The rich get richer. Sigh.
Not at all. Tuckahoe tried to pull rank and got nothing. They wanter 3 home meets + Divisionals and got none of it.
Out of nothing but prurient interest, can someone share more? What kind of “fit” did the Tuckahoe reps throw and why? And of course then how and why did NVSL move Divisionals? Did Tuckahoe say they didn’t want it or is this punishment of some sort?
We have some families on our team who would love to see us move up into these high divisions but stuff like this is nuts and makes me glad we are nowhere near the top divisions.
Anonymous
03/13/2024 17:31
Subject: NVSL Seeding Surprises?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I heard the Tuckahoe reps threw an absolute hissy fit and are refusing to host divisionals because it was their turn to have 3 away meets. I really hope someone takes them down a peg this summer!
Ha, looks like someone called their bluff - https://www.instagram.com/p/C4ddQNXO9M_/?igsh=amxiZXo3cGhvdDY3
Okay that is amazing!!! So Overlee not only gets three home meets but both divisional meets. All the $$$$$$ to them.
Yup, and Tuckahoe still only gets two home meets and has to swim away at OKM. It’s the little things
The rich get richer. Sigh.
Not at all. Tuckahoe tried to pull rank and got nothing. They wanter 3 home meets + Divisionals and got none of it.