I'll say one thing for this magazine, interspersed between all of the hero-worship articles are some that cover subjects with real meat. In the last few issues are articles about foreign swimmers with American college scholarships, the conflict between USS and high-school swimming, eating disorders among swimmers, and (the lack of) racial diversity in the sport.
These are real issues to the sport.
Wouldn't it be nice if this group discussed some of these?
Parents
Former Member
Leo,
Missouri has had that rule since we lived there. We're now in Tennessee and swimming is not a sanctioned sport under the direction of TSSAA. Therefore, my daughters have all swum both USA and High School at the same time. They still represent the High School, and have a State Championship and still get Varsity letters, but it's basically a "club" thing. It looks and acts like a sanctioned sport, but it isn't. There have been some discussions about sanctioning in recent years, but those of us with kids in USA programs are naturally against it. This discussion may be interesting, but it's not exactly Masters related. My apologies to you Masters folks who may wonder why this thread is here, but it's about swimming and it's about our kids, two things that are easy to talk about.
Greg
Leo,
Missouri has had that rule since we lived there. We're now in Tennessee and swimming is not a sanctioned sport under the direction of TSSAA. Therefore, my daughters have all swum both USA and High School at the same time. They still represent the High School, and have a State Championship and still get Varsity letters, but it's basically a "club" thing. It looks and acts like a sanctioned sport, but it isn't. There have been some discussions about sanctioning in recent years, but those of us with kids in USA programs are naturally against it. This discussion may be interesting, but it's not exactly Masters related. My apologies to you Masters folks who may wonder why this thread is here, but it's about swimming and it's about our kids, two things that are easy to talk about.
Greg
