Who made the order of events for Fort Lauderdale Nationals?

Self rationalization in a highly dysfuctional organization is apparent and always has been. The short answer is that individuals always look out for their personal best interests, on a conscious or subconscious level, to the detriment of the majority. This is the classic example. The overt reason the 500's have recently become the first event is because no one sticks around when they are the last event to watch these swimmers. Hence, someone who probably swims the 500 and was bummed out that there were 2 people watching came up with this rotating format of placing the 500 first and making all other swimmers, the vast majority, miserable! Consequently, in order to please the few ( 500 swimmers), the many suffer- all other swimmers! There is your answer!

Self rationalization in a highly dysfuctional organization is apparent and always has been. The short answer is that individuals always look out for their personal best interests, on a conscious or subconscious level, to the detriment of the majority. This is the classic example. The overt reason the 500's have recently become the first event is because no one sticks around when they are the last event to watch these swimmers. Hence, someone who probably swims the 500 and was bummed out that there were 2 people watching came up with this rotating format of placing the 500 first and making all other swimmers, the vast majority, miserable! Consequently, in order to please the few ( 500 swimmers), the many suffer- all other swimmers! There is your answer!