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.
...Jim's time is valid and according to the poll most members feel it should not be stricken.:canada:
The bolded part of this sentence is what you are continually missing- Jim's time swum at the UMBC meet, as dictated by USMS rules on the books at the time of his swim, is not valid. I hate saying that, because the situation all around sucks, to be frank, but rules are rules (and policies are policies), and since they weren't followed in this case, his time doesn't make the cut to be a valid, submittable time.
I voted in your poll, and while I don't think it should be stricken (from a strictly personal standpoint), I can't argue with the rules and policies in place that have made it an invalid time. What I can do, and what you could do as well, is come up with a proposal that would prevent something like this from happening again, and go through the proper channels to get any applicable rules modified, via a vote in the HOD at the next rules-year convention. Continually claiming Jim's time is valid isn't going to do any good.
...Jim's time is valid and according to the poll most members feel it should not be stricken.:canada:
The bolded part of this sentence is what you are continually missing- Jim's time swum at the UMBC meet, as dictated by USMS rules on the books at the time of his swim, is not valid. I hate saying that, because the situation all around sucks, to be frank, but rules are rules (and policies are policies), and since they weren't followed in this case, his time doesn't make the cut to be a valid, submittable time.
I voted in your poll, and while I don't think it should be stricken (from a strictly personal standpoint), I can't argue with the rules and policies in place that have made it an invalid time. What I can do, and what you could do as well, is come up with a proposal that would prevent something like this from happening again, and go through the proper channels to get any applicable rules modified, via a vote in the HOD at the next rules-year convention. Continually claiming Jim's time is valid isn't going to do any good.
