v_i_k_i_n_g Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 When will the TSSAA decide to add swimming & diving to the list of sports it governs? I know that TISCA is the organization that controls high school swimming in Tennessee now, but they seem to cater to the larger USS clubs as well as the private schools. The state swim meet was held this past weekend. There were almost 1000 swimmers who competed in the meet with about 1/3 of those swimmers coming from private schools. That 1/3 of the swimmers took over 1/2 of the awards at the meet. I don't think that the public schools are playing on an even field with the private schools and it really shows at the state meet. I would love to see a public shool championship meet. I've heard the arguement for a long time that if TSSAA took over swimming that they would not allow swimmers to compete for USS clubs during the swim season. The last time this issue was brought up, TSSAA said they WOULD allow the swimmers to compete for their USS clubs. With the right guidance, TSSAA could make a real go of swimming & diving in the state of Tennessee and the sport of high school swimming & diving would flourish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUEMOM Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 Do we need the TSSAA to mess up another sport? In my area, the public school teams struggle to find pool time and not one public school has its own facility. We struggle to fund books, much less very expensive aquatic facilities. Our local recreation center pools were even designed to NOT allow competition lengths and capabilities. Swimmers may gravitate to the private schools in order to have water available. I was at the meet this past weekend, it was officiated well by competent individuals. I'm not aware of any major controversies in TISCA. Several public schools did very well (Brentwood and Bearden). Besides, the TSSAA may very well go broke if Brentwood Academy ultimately wins its lawsuit! Swim Fast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanC119 Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 As a competitor at a public school, I'm not sure I would like having seperation between public and private. Sure, I would have a better chance at placing, but I wouldn't really be swimming against the best of the best. I believe that it is unfair that private schools have so much more of an advantage in regards to facilities, coaches, training, and athletes (oh, what money can do) but it would be kind of depressing to compete at a public level and always know there's one step above me. What would be a cool possibility would be a public school championship (say, Division II) and a private school championship (say, Division I). Each championship could have time standards that competitors would have to meet so they could advance to a state championship. To make it fair, maybe Division I could have harder qualifying times to balance distribution from both Divisions. That way, at the final state championship, everyone would indeed be swimming against the best of the best. That's just my take on it though. I'm just happy to swim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverpie Posted April 5, 2007 Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 Not to mention, putting it under TSSAA would mean the homeschool kids would no longer be allowed to compete at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bud Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 Guys, Check out Lauren Wynn from Brentwood Academy. She graduated in about 1999. Incredible athlete. Behold her record in swimming at BA and be in awe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oknative Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 Do we need the TSSAA to mess up another sport? In my area, the public school teams struggle to find pool time and not one public school has its own facility. We struggle to fund books, much less very expensive aquatic facilities. Our local recreation center pools were even designed to NOT allow competition lengths and capabilities. Swimmers may gravitate to the private schools in order to have water available. I was at the meet this past weekend, it was officiated well by competent individuals. I'm not aware of any major controversies in TISCA. Several public schools did very well (Brentwood and Bearden). Besides, the TSSAA may very well go broke if Brentwood Academy ultimately wins its lawsuit! Swim Fast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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timbdp Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 tssaa needs to take over swimming and diving some schools do not offer this sport due to not being a tssaa sport Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccallie15 Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 Do we need the TSSAA to mess up another sport? In my area, the public school teams struggle to find pool time and not one public school has its own facility. We struggle to fund books, much less very expensive aquatic facilities. Our local recreation center pools were even designed to NOT allow competition lengths and capabilities. Swimmers may gravitate to the private schools in order to have water available. I was at the meet this past weekend, it was officiated well by competent individuals. I'm not aware of any major controversies in TISCA. Several public schools did very well (Brentwood and Bearden). Besides, the TSSAA may very well go broke if Brentwood Academy ultimately wins its lawsuit! Swim Fast! cleveland high has its own pool that it owns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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