first of all, congrats to the meet directors and all the volunteers on a job well done. so organized and efficient!! very impressive. the only thing i wish someone could explain to me is why the usms champ. committee changed the team scoring from large, medium and small team to clumping everyone in the same category. seems extremely unfair to have what i call "real teams" competing against state mega teams. there is no possibility for "real teams" to ever come close to competing against them. if you are going to give team awards at the end of the meet, is there any way you can do it fairly? our team is extremely proud to have gotten as many team members as we did to go to natls. (most of them for the first time), but unfortunately they were very disillusioned (as was i) with the idea that we would be competing against state teams. as one of the coaches i didn't have an explanation. even though we were very proud of our 7th place finish in men's division, and our 12th place in combined, we were only one of a few "real teams" in the top ten. would appreciate responses. maybe even someone from the champ.committee could explain how they felt this scoring system would be more fair to the majority of swimmers. then i can pass it along to my teammates.. i don't want them to be so disillusioned that they lose interest in attending any future natls. thanks
Michael, so what do you suggest (other than the Pacific propsal)? Do we run two completely separate divisions "Club" and "Open" and within each of these have small, medium and large designations..then within those 3 divisions calculate the number of splashes vs. actua team registration numbers...then have an "ugly suit" penalty attached (for John Smith)..then divide by the sum of the whole thing and cut in half if its a full moon that day?
We live in a "free market" society correct? So tell me that all club teams....and especially those that are usually in contention don't have swimmers on their rosters that are from other states/cities?....I think KPN might be bringing in a few points for San Diego that Hawaii might like to have...so does that mean SD should not be allowed to compete as a club? Not in my opinion..she should swim with whom she wants to.
Here's some news...the real world is NOT "fair"...so lets take the solution that is the simplist and benefits the most while at the same time helping to get more peope interested in competing....? Any ideas..in less than 3 sentances?
Michael, so what do you suggest (other than the Pacific propsal)? Do we run two completely separate divisions "Club" and "Open" and within each of these have small, medium and large designations..then within those 3 divisions calculate the number of splashes vs. actua team registration numbers...then have an "ugly suit" penalty attached (for John Smith)..then divide by the sum of the whole thing and cut in half if its a full moon that day?
We live in a "free market" society correct? So tell me that all club teams....and especially those that are usually in contention don't have swimmers on their rosters that are from other states/cities?....I think KPN might be bringing in a few points for San Diego that Hawaii might like to have...so does that mean SD should not be allowed to compete as a club? Not in my opinion..she should swim with whom she wants to.
Here's some news...the real world is NOT "fair"...so lets take the solution that is the simplist and benefits the most while at the same time helping to get more peope interested in competing....? Any ideas..in less than 3 sentances?
