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?
This discussion has been going on for a long time. I respect what Jeff R has
to say regarding all the work and effort that has to go into a National meet.
Officials, volunteers, money, ect. Then you have the location. If it's on the
East coast, a lot of west coast people won't or can't attend and vise-versa for the West coast for East Coast people. In this economy it getting harder for people just to attend there own meets in their own state or a neighboring one.
On the West Coast there is a big SCM meet every yr in LA in the winter, attended by a lot of people from all over the country.
I think a big Meet in the East Coast, like the one on the West coast, would take care of all the people in the US. The cost could be kept down and you wouldn't have so far to travel. The meet could be centralized or bid on so it
wouldn't be that hard for people to attend and the cost of the meet could be
kept on the lower end. Just my 2cents
This discussion has been going on for a long time. I respect what Jeff R has
to say regarding all the work and effort that has to go into a National meet.
Officials, volunteers, money, ect. Then you have the location. If it's on the
East coast, a lot of west coast people won't or can't attend and vise-versa for the West coast for East Coast people. In this economy it getting harder for people just to attend there own meets in their own state or a neighboring one.
On the West Coast there is a big SCM meet every yr in LA in the winter, attended by a lot of people from all over the country.
I think a big Meet in the East Coast, like the one on the West coast, would take care of all the people in the US. The cost could be kept down and you wouldn't have so far to travel. The meet could be centralized or bid on so it
wouldn't be that hard for people to attend and the cost of the meet could be
kept on the lower end. Just my 2cents
