I see that the Championship Committee is finally considering having distance swimmers pay more for their splashes. See www.usms.org/.../champ-2012-3-25-1.pdf. This is long overdue since they are the reason that national championships last so long. If we only had 50’s and 100’s we’d be done by noon every day. Maybe with increased fees swimmers will think twice before entering a 1650.
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Nobody is asking you to pay more because you are soooo truly special and talented that you are able to swim > 50 meters, although I assure you we are all in awe. This about paying fairly for the pool time you use while being as truly special and talented as you are. Really, I mean it: congratulations on how far you can swim!
So slower swimmers should pay more too? The people who swim 100 free close to 2 minutes are consuming twice as much pool time as the guys going 50 seconds. Double their entry fees? How about a sliding scale where the entry fee goes up by 25 cents for each 5 second increase in entry time? Of course, we would need to discourage cheapskates who enter faster times by imposing a penalty of twice the fee difference if you miss your seed time.
Nobody is asking you to pay more because you are soooo truly special and talented that you are able to swim > 50 meters, although I assure you we are all in awe. This about paying fairly for the pool time you use while being as truly special and talented as you are. Really, I mean it: congratulations on how far you can swim!
So slower swimmers should pay more too? The people who swim 100 free close to 2 minutes are consuming twice as much pool time as the guys going 50 seconds. Double their entry fees? How about a sliding scale where the entry fee goes up by 25 cents for each 5 second increase in entry time? Of course, we would need to discourage cheapskates who enter faster times by imposing a penalty of twice the fee difference if you miss your seed time.
