Anonymous wrote:Mcps is too large and should be broken up. Your tax dollars can afford crew but you're paying so much wasteful overhead that you can never have crew.

This is so, so true. Central office is where our dollars are going.

Mcps is too large and should be broken up. Your tax dollars can afford crew but you're paying so much wasteful overhead that you can never have crew.

And the equipment. The boats are very expensive.

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Anonymous wrote:Churchill might be rich, but Blair.. hmmmm

Cost: “Dues for the Fall season are $1,250 and the Spring season is also $1,250. Winter conditioning is recommended for all who wish to row in the spring; the fee for Winter conditioning is $400, and are available at a reduced rate for members of the Silver Spring YMCA ($300).“

This is a private group. Thats not expensive at all for club.

You would think, no?

Not expensive at all for a club but that's still a significant cost for a family in this already expensive area. To assume that everyone who wants to join can afford that is ridiculous.

Exactly 👆 Compare that to what it cost to join a rec soccer, basketball or football team. Yes, when families start to join club teams in those sports the cost go up but that is also the reason that not everyone joins those. Those clubs also recruit and provide financial aide.

Do you think the cost would come down just because MCPS made it an officially sponsored sport?

You would think, no??

No. MCPS doesn’t have any of the facilities to be able to provide access to crew short of maybe bus transportation which has its own cost. They would likely want to see teams compete against one another in the county and the state so there would be uniform cost. Each school would need a coach or at the least there would need to be Assistant coaches added to the current teams to help ensure order and that other kids were getting a chance. And all the same equipment rental, space reservation, and training cost would be the same.

Mcps does not provide transportation for swim or uniforms. Only one coach. But we don’t have the facilities for crew.

That’s exactly my point. If MCPS isn’t providing transportation or uniforms for swim which has less cost than crew, why would anyone think that crew would become less costly for participants just because the district “offers” it as an official sport.

NP. They wouldn't pay the coaches' salary?

Anonymous wrote:Currently there are only 5 HS that have crew (rowing) as a club sport. If 2/3 of the HS had interest for crew, the sport could be MCPS sponsored. At least one of the teams has 100+ students. Anyone on here know why there isn't more interest at other MCP schools? How can crew be turned into a MCPS sponsored sport?

Same for other club sports. Is there a list of all club sport offerings by HS?

Ice hockey isn't even mcps sponsored. Good luck getting 17, majority Spanish speaking schools to sponsor crew! LoL !!

Blair crew has a bus that takes the rowers from school to the water and back for all practices except Saturday mornings, and for those there are robust carpools. The bus leaves at 3:30 so students from other high
schools can make their way there from their home schools. Some years there are even homeschool kids who row- and then go on to be recruited to universities to row!!

If you are interested in trying it out, reach out again and we have at least one free learn-to-row day in the fall and spring. The season isn’t cheap, but it is about how much other 9-month club sports cost. Less than some, even.

If you are interested and near-ish to Blair, it’s totally worth checking out. Super warm and welcoming - not at all the culture of crew maybe at wealthier schools (but maybe that’s just a stereotype).

Oh and regattas are all pretty close. Philly and Delaware and Virginia and NJ. Some families don’t even spend the night but just go up and back the same day, so as to reduce costs. Anyway- huge Blair booster here! Haha.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Churchill might be rich, but Blair.. hmmmm[/quote]

Cost: “Dues for the Fall season are $1,250 and the Spring season is also $1,250. Winter conditioning is recommended for all who wish to row in the spring; the fee for Winter conditioning is $400, and are available at a reduced rate for members of the Silver Spring YMCA ($300).“[/quote]

This is a private group. Thats not expensive at all for club.[/quote]

You would think, no?

Not expensive at all for a club but that's still a significant cost for a family in this already expensive area. To assume that everyone who wants to join can afford that is ridiculous.[/quote]

Exactly 👆 Compare that to what it cost to join a rec soccer, basketball or football team. Yes, when families start to join club teams in those sports the cost go up but that is also the reason that not everyone joins those. Those clubs also recruit and provide financial aide.

Do you think the cost would come down just because MCPS made it an officially sponsored sport?[/quote][/quote]

You would think, no??[/quote]

No. MCPS doesn’t have any of the facilities to be able to provide access to crew short of maybe bus transportation which has its own cost. They would likely want to see teams compete against one another in the county and the state so there would be uniform cost. Each school would need a coach or at the least there would need to be Assistant coaches added to the current teams to help ensure order and that other kids were getting a chance. And all the same equipment rental, space reservation, and training cost would be the same.[/quote]

Mcps does not provide transportation for swim or uniforms. Only one coach. But we don’t have the facilities for crew. [/quote]

That’s exactly my point. If MCPS isn’t providing transportation or uniforms for swim which has less cost than crew, why would anyone think that crew would become less costly for participants just because the district “offers” it as an official sport.[/quote]

Club sports are private sports. So, this is even a silly discussion. There are crew teams associated with specific schools but they are private clubs that anyone can join. Many are not competitive and welcome all. Blair does.[/quote]

The point of this thread was understanding why more kids were not interested as with more kids it could be an official district sport.[/quote]

Crew is a huge time commitment. You have no idea what you are talking about. I emailed Blair. Super nice and welcoming but it can be your only activity between practices and driving.

The cost is prohibitive.