meet mechanics

How do the meets work? Do the individual swimmers pay individually to compete, or does their dues to the swim club handle that? Perhaps the swim team rents the pool and the swimmers pay individually? How are practices usually handled? by the swim team? Reference is made to the teams that actually pay for practice and meets, not MDAC, Columbus, or Reagan HS, because apparently they dont pay anything! NO WONDER we are losing $260,000 a year! WHO is responsible for this incredible lack of management and oversight? Gymbo? Gorland? BOTH?