To act as a deterrent.
Without evidence of a problem? Despite the fact that all sorts of swimmers take all sorts of things for all sorts of reasons? Should someone's record be overturned because the GNC is on the way home from work? Should we decline recommended medications from our doctors because we're afraid of drug testing? Do we really want USMS swimmers to have to care about that?
These are hypothetical scandals. We shouldn't go around making rules to solve problems that may not exist.
And yes, I realize you may ask "how do we know this problem doesn't exist?" Well, the burden is on you to figure that out. Don't preemptively punish the rest of us just because you think some 45-year-old is too fast.
To act as a deterrent.
Without evidence of a problem? Despite the fact that all sorts of swimmers take all sorts of things for all sorts of reasons? Should someone's record be overturned because the GNC is on the way home from work? Should we decline recommended medications from our doctors because we're afraid of drug testing? Do we really want USMS swimmers to have to care about that?
These are hypothetical scandals. We shouldn't go around making rules to solve problems that may not exist.
And yes, I realize you may ask "how do we know this problem doesn't exist?" Well, the burden is on you to figure that out. Don't preemptively punish the rest of us just because you think some 45-year-old is too fast.
