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
Jim, I see your point - to a degree - on the fact that some teams have more older or younger swimmers, but that has never been a basis for seperating scoring. I don't believe you are not actually proposing this, since no one wants to define age what age a person in masters swimming becomes "old". LOL. Yet, a gender division is clear, indisputable, and grounded in tradition.
I guess I'd ask, "why not?" What are the reasons for dropping Men's and Women's scoring? Is it merely a monetary argument?
Paul and Mark, with regard to the SML team scoring, I too assumed it was a "what if" scenario. The sheet actually said on the top of it that it was unofficial. It also denoted Regional team with an *.
Brian
Jim, I see your point - to a degree - on the fact that some teams have more older or younger swimmers, but that has never been a basis for seperating scoring. I don't believe you are not actually proposing this, since no one wants to define age what age a person in masters swimming becomes "old". LOL. Yet, a gender division is clear, indisputable, and grounded in tradition.
I guess I'd ask, "why not?" What are the reasons for dropping Men's and Women's scoring? Is it merely a monetary argument?
Paul and Mark, with regard to the SML team scoring, I too assumed it was a "what if" scenario. The sheet actually said on the top of it that it was unofficial. It also denoted Regional team with an *.
Brian
