This thread is in response to Jim Thorton's thread about his AA time being disallowed.I think that if a swimmer swims in a USMS sanctioned meet and that the time gets to the "official" Top Ten list that it should count.Otherwise one could go back and check the length of ,say the Amarillo pool from the first Masters Nationals and if it was 1 cm short disallow the swims.There must be a statute of limitations and I think it should be when the official TT times are posted.
The problem I have always had with the "slippery slope" argument
In this case I don't think there's a slippery slope. The poll is stated as "Should the Top Ten list be altered after it is official." And the options were "No,that is what official means" or "Yes,if there is a problem there should be no statute of limitations ." No slippery slope. Yes, Allen was thinking of Jim's situation, but the poll is very specific: should top ten be altered after it's official? There was no mention of what reasons would or would not be valid for altering it. So, it seems to me, if you believe that there are reasons for altering Top Ten after it is official then you should vote "Yes..." It shouldn't really matter what you think about Jim's particular situation.
The problem I have always had with the "slippery slope" argument
In this case I don't think there's a slippery slope. The poll is stated as "Should the Top Ten list be altered after it is official." And the options were "No,that is what official means" or "Yes,if there is a problem there should be no statute of limitations ." No slippery slope. Yes, Allen was thinking of Jim's situation, but the poll is very specific: should top ten be altered after it's official? There was no mention of what reasons would or would not be valid for altering it. So, it seems to me, if you believe that there are reasons for altering Top Ten after it is official then you should vote "Yes..." It shouldn't really matter what you think about Jim's particular situation.
