a bunch of folks on the team qualified for Nike Outdoor Nationals however the athletic director refuses to send us due to it being given a sudden notice. The meet is in about a month and a half away and to be fair it is across the country. (Oregon is like a 4-5 hour flight for us). However, all the family's are down, the coach is down, and the families and coach all agree to pay their own weight, not to mention we also go to an EXTREMELY expensive school. Unfortunately, a lot of kids qualified through relays only so if some of us go unattached most won't be able to. Thoughts?
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It'll cost thousand. How can you justify it? Build your case or stop complaining
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I was there, wrote:
It'll cost thousand. How can you justify it? Build your case or stop complaining
as I said the parents are paying for it not the school
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run123456 wrote:
a bunch of folks on the team qualified for Nike Outdoor Nationals however the athletic director refuses to send us due to it being given a sudden notice. The meet is in about a month and a half away and to be fair it is across the country. (Oregon is like a 4-5 hour flight for us). However, all the family's are down, the coach is down, and the families and coach all agree to pay their own weight, not to mention we also go to an EXTREMELY expensive school. Unfortunately, a lot of kids qualified through relays only so if some of us go unattached most won't be able to. Thoughts?
Nationals is basically a scam for Nike to make a ton of money off of slow kids who think people will be impressed that they qualified a slow relay into the "emerging elite" category.
It is a waste of money, your AD is right. However, if you want to waste your own money, he can't stop you.
You can create your own "club team" and enter yourselves, including relays. That's literally what everyone else does.
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I appreciate it ill look into creating a club
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run123456 wrote:
I appreciate it ill look into creating a club
Honestly don't. Save your money and have your parents put it towards your college tuition. None of you will qualify for college athletic scholarships and the economy is really bad. Inflation is out of control, home prices and mortgage rates are egregious.
But if you insist on flushing money down the toilet:
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1) it’s harder to qualify for most state meets than it is for “nationals”. So most likely it’s not that big of an accomplishment -
2) does the athletic department pay for all school club teams to compete is out of season tournaments ? nationals is basically an out of season invitational where you cannot represent your school… why should your school ad pay or why do you need his permission?
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Ignore the haters, if parents can afford it, sign up without the school and have fun. I don’t think you even need an official club, but you should check.
Go long enough to also see the coast if you can swing it. 6yrs ago I would have said Portland, but I wouldn’t bother until they get downtown back under control.
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run123456 wrote:
I appreciate it ill look into creating a club
What do you think you will benefit from it? Scholarships? Exposure?
Said another way, if you're some 2:05 800 guy who got invited to this meet and you're going to go just to finish 54th, I wouldn't do it.
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It's good to believe in yourselves and everything but ... unless you can break 40.0, 3:12 or 7:35 you dont really belong. It would me more compelling if you jad a sub-4 contender.
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It's gonna be awesome. To save money make sure few to no adults come with.
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real question asker wrote:
run123456 wrote:
I appreciate it ill look into creating a club
What do you think you will benefit from it? Scholarships? Exposure?
Said another way, if you're some 2:05 800 guy who got invited to this meet and you're going to go just to finish 54th, I wouldn't do it.
just to have fun at end of senior year. its a bunch of 1:55-1:59 guys no one is expecting to win but we've never been to a proper big meet and want to do it before collegiate running.
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run123456 wrote:
Unfortunately, a lot of kids qualified through relays only so if some of us go unattached most won't be able to. Thoughts?
I say Every man for herself!
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We go every year. It is not a school event. You don't need to even inform your AD any more than you would if you run a road race in June.
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Why do you need him to send you? It's after the high school season so technically the kids don't compete for their high school and it's outside the federation calendar. Just sign up and go if you want to go.
All the people say don't go have a point except if you have the money and the kids want to go it's a cool experience they'll remember. That said if there's a closer nationals go to the closest one.
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Just go have fun, and ignore the jerks who aren't supportive of kids wanting to compete and get better and have more experience. It's a cool meet and a good atmosphere especially for kids who haven't been to a big meet. Make a club team, order some cheap jerseys and have a blast!
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run123456 wrote:
a bunch of folks on the team qualified for Nike Outdoor Nationals however the athletic director refuses to send us due to it being given a sudden notice. The meet is in about a month and a half away and to be fair it is across the country. (Oregon is like a 4-5 hour flight for us). However, all the family's are down, the coach is down, and the families and coach all agree to pay their own weight, not to mention we also go to an EXTREMELY expensive school. Unfortunately, a lot of kids qualified through relays only so if some of us go unattached most won't be able to. Thoughts?
You don’t represent the school , this is an open meet and you can go on your own.
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There are too many spelling and grammatical errors in your post to respond.
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An athletic director has absolutely no say if you can attend post season meets. If he makes a big deal of it just go to a board of education meeting and embarrass him for being so stupid.
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Wow, what a bunch of buzz kills in this thread. Since when do you have to be a contender for a national title to travel for a big race? Do you think the thousands of people who spent hundreds to thousands of dollars traveling to run the Boston or London Marathons this month thought they had a chance to win it? Or were they doing it for the fun/experience? Traveling with teammates to run Nike nationals sounds pretty cool and these kids will always have it as great memory. Plus, if nothing else, a solid opportunity to improve PRs or go for school records at a competitive meet if those are on the table.
So go for it OP. Look into going as a club team or whatever and do it without the AD's support. Good luck.
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