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When is it OK to disallow swims

Allen Stark
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.
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  • Just so that I am understanding this correctly... It will take a smarter man than me to figure out which of your questions are serious... :-) But I think you are asking me to affirm that there is an element of "the honor system" to the measurements associated with TTs, and whether unscrupulous people can game the system. The answer is yes. I mean heck: if I set a USMS record at a USA-S meet I can take the measurements in support of submitting my own record application. Maybe there is a teensy conflict there? The way I see it: there will always be an honor system component to TT and Record measurements unless USMS contracts with a surveyor to do all measurements and that person submits the results to a disinterested third party. I don't think even the most ardent pro-measurement person advocates that. So yes: your problem is basically that you didn't find the right bribe for the Maryland TT Recorder... :bolt:
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  • Just so that I am understanding this correctly... It will take a smarter man than me to figure out which of your questions are serious... :-) But I think you are asking me to affirm that there is an element of "the honor system" to the measurements associated with TTs, and whether unscrupulous people can game the system. The answer is yes. I mean heck: if I set a USMS record at a USA-S meet I can take the measurements in support of submitting my own record application. Maybe there is a teensy conflict there? The way I see it: there will always be an honor system component to TT and Record measurements unless USMS contracts with a surveyor to do all measurements and that person submits the results to a disinterested third party. I don't think even the most ardent pro-measurement person advocates that. So yes: your problem is basically that you didn't find the right bribe for the Maryland TT Recorder... :bolt:
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