I think its worst for girls to be denied decent practice. Many high school programs still have girls practice as much or even less yardage than master teams. I read this on the net, that one girl commented that they only practice 2,000 yards, while the boys I remember in high school had workouts of yardage between 5,000 to 10,000 befored they tapered. So, this ruling hurts girl swimmers more. This is the state of Missouri of course. This is from Phillip Whitten on the swimming world news on the internet. We complain about college programs being elimnated for boys or young men but what about the unfair treatment of girls in high school sports that can't practice on a USA swim Team during their high school years.
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I swam way back in the 1970's and they didn't care if you representive the AAU team or not. Some girls like Shirley Babashoff even swam on the guys high school team. The rules were different way back then. Not representing your USA team is ok but making kids chose between being on the high school team or not being able to practice on USA team is dumb. And as the article stated some people have been cheating the rule and placed high in swimming or other sports,anyway. Anyway, Missouri is way behind the the times.
I swam way back in the 1970's and they didn't care if you representive the AAU team or not. Some girls like Shirley Babashoff even swam on the guys high school team. The rules were different way back then. Not representing your USA team is ok but making kids chose between being on the high school team or not being able to practice on USA team is dumb. And as the article stated some people have been cheating the rule and placed high in swimming or other sports,anyway. Anyway, Missouri is way behind the the times.
