At risk of "beating a dead horse"....at least in respect to broaching this topic again! I had a number of conversations at convention with people who would like to see USMS move to a 3rd Championship meet in the fall for short course meters.
There are some great Zone meets going on...when you have 600+ going to Long Beach or New England why not up the ante a bit?
Thoughts?
What is stopping GBM from doing it right now?
I would imagine running a meet as a national championship requires more work than as an LMSC championship. There will need to be a significant return, and I am not at all sure that there would be.
Two national championships a year is plenty, IMO; does USA-S do more? But I wouldn't mind them running the spring meet as SCM every once in awhile. There would proly be a spate of WRs.
Chris, a well run meet with 1000 swimmers should be able to net over $20,000...I consider that significant.
I'm glad that to is plenty for you...3 doesn't "hurt" anyone and simply gives our membership one more option to attend a national championship at a time of year that maybe works better than spring or summer. Plus...you can't set world records in SCY so we have more opportunities to match up against other countries around the world.
What is stopping GBM from doing it right now?
I would imagine running a meet as a national championship requires more work than as an LMSC championship. There will need to be a significant return, and I am not at all sure that there would be.
Two national championships a year is plenty, IMO; does USA-S do more? But I wouldn't mind them running the spring meet as SCM every once in awhile. There would proly be a spate of WRs.
Chris, a well run meet with 1000 swimmers should be able to net over $20,000...I consider that significant.
I'm glad that to is plenty for you...3 doesn't "hurt" anyone and simply gives our membership one more option to attend a national championship at a time of year that maybe works better than spring or summer. Plus...you can't set world records in SCY so we have more opportunities to match up against other countries around the world.
