A kid swam the 500 all fly in a high school dual meet yesterday. His coach was furious and benched him for the rest of the meet. One of my lane mates this morning, who was the Starter at this meet said that was showboating and demeaning to the other competitors. I disagree. Was that any more demeaning than swimming free and lapping people? Plus, I saw the flyer ask everyone in the heat if it would bother them. Even on the blocks he said "Are you sure you guys are OK with this?"
At the end of the day, no one can determine if another person is goiing to be offended or not. So whether or not folks here think it is showboating or not is really, IMHO, not relevant. I will say that, I've been thinking about how I feel about it, and ended up asking myself what I'd think if 67Princess did that, and my response was that I'd be ticked, because I'd find it a bit disrespectful to her peers/competitors. So I guess that puts me in the "arrogant showboating" category even if I weren't personally offended.
At the end of the day, no one can determine if another person is goiing to be offended or not. So whether or not folks here think it is showboating or not is really, IMHO, not relevant. I will say that, I've been thinking about how I feel about it, and ended up asking myself what I'd think if 67Princess did that, and my response was that I'd be ticked, because I'd find it a bit disrespectful to her peers/competitors. So I guess that puts me in the "arrogant showboating" category even if I weren't personally offended.
