What's the worst that can happen, he wins and gets an age group record? It's not like him swimming with us will ruin any livelihoods. Last time I checked, we're all amateurs, we as individuals don't have sponsorships. He wouldn't be hurting anyone. If anything, it'll generate interest for USMS, and get more people to swim. I know FINA would frown upon Olympians swimming against known dopers in Masters Swimming, but honestly, that's FINA's problem and a technicality they need to fix, not USMS. USMS doesn't drug test people, but I guarantee you that in the realm of swimmers ranging from 19 to 100 at varying degrees of health, someone at any given meet is on some sort of perscription medication that FINA bans. If FINA has a problem with that, they should either change their rule or stop world-class swimmers from competing against the weekend warriors. Let the man swim.
WELCOME SirCornMan, your inaugural post #1! I agree with just about everything you said!
But to directly answer your question, "What's the worst that can happen?" It would be to swim an event with Lance on your team then get DQ'd say.....months later!!!!
www.laketravisrelay.com/index.html
PS - they should give a secondary award, and everyone votes on the best relay names.
What's the worst that can happen, he wins and gets an age group record? It's not like him swimming with us will ruin any livelihoods. Last time I checked, we're all amateurs, we as individuals don't have sponsorships. He wouldn't be hurting anyone. If anything, it'll generate interest for USMS, and get more people to swim. I know FINA would frown upon Olympians swimming against known dopers in Masters Swimming, but honestly, that's FINA's problem and a technicality they need to fix, not USMS. USMS doesn't drug test people, but I guarantee you that in the realm of swimmers ranging from 19 to 100 at varying degrees of health, someone at any given meet is on some sort of perscription medication that FINA bans. If FINA has a problem with that, they should either change their rule or stop world-class swimmers from competing against the weekend warriors. Let the man swim.
WELCOME SirCornMan, your inaugural post #1! I agree with just about everything you said!
But to directly answer your question, "What's the worst that can happen?" It would be to swim an event with Lance on your team then get DQ'd say.....months later!!!!
www.laketravisrelay.com/index.html
PS - they should give a secondary award, and everyone votes on the best relay names.
