I suppose the fact that I've attended USMasters Nats in Grand Forks, North Dakota and Canadian Nats in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (a good while ago) speaks to my willingness to venture on the swimming path less travelled on occasion.
I think the casual slanging of some host cities who are prepared to put out the very large effort to host a Nats is a result of today's consumerist attitude in reacting strongly against the inconvenient rather than acknowledging membership in a community of swimmers and clubs that spans a very large geographic area and cannot always (especially in one-bid situations) please all of the people all of the time.
I suppose the fact that I've attended USMasters Nats in Grand Forks, North Dakota and Canadian Nats in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (a good while ago) speaks to my willingness to venture on the swimming path less travelled on occasion.
I think the casual slanging of some host cities who are prepared to put out the very large effort to host a Nats is a result of today's consumerist attitude in reacting strongly against the inconvenient rather than acknowledging membership in a community of swimmers and clubs that spans a very large geographic area and cannot always (especially in one-bid situations) please all of the people all of the time.
