What "new" policy. This policy has been in place since 2003, I believe. This is not new. The act of a USMS swimmer going to a non-USMS sanctioned event and having to get an official to measure the pool is not new either. The swimmer doesn't measure the pool, an official (the meet director in my case) does.
The meet you went to happened, it wasn't up to standards for USMS, people were told ahead of time, now get over it.
Actually it is new in that major International meets were exempted when the meet complied with the hosts rules. This is how every other organization does it. The Worlds and previous Canadan Championships were exempted. The three board members who voted for the exemption in this case were right.
We can't force the rest of the world to run meets our way and we can't have our members measuring pools in international meets. Your passion for accuracy is admirable though misplaced.
What "new" policy. This policy has been in place since 2003, I believe. This is not new. The act of a USMS swimmer going to a non-USMS sanctioned event and having to get an official to measure the pool is not new either. The swimmer doesn't measure the pool, an official (the meet director in my case) does.
The meet you went to happened, it wasn't up to standards for USMS, people were told ahead of time, now get over it.
Actually it is new in that major International meets were exempted when the meet complied with the hosts rules. This is how every other organization does it. The Worlds and previous Canadan Championships were exempted. The three board members who voted for the exemption in this case were right.
We can't force the rest of the world to run meets our way and we can't have our members measuring pools in international meets. Your passion for accuracy is admirable though misplaced.
