How do you feel about copying the kid's swimming method of organizing Masters by time standards??
For example, there would be A, B and C times for all ages and both sexes. Local meets would be either A, A/B, B, B/C, C or OPEN.
There could be Championships for any of these categories at the LMSC level. To go to Regionals would require having made a new category, the Regional time. National entrantrants would come from the Regional pool or perhaps from the "A" pool.
I'm ambivalent on this as it seems too unwieldy at this early stage of our development but does answer the needs of folks who are looking for the mythical level playing field.
Emmett; we could still have the "Mediocre" Champs as an extra event (suggested in your earlier post). Since there are 26 letters in the alphabet, we could go an even larger number of categories with an ever declining number of swimmers. (Avoiding, of course, the politically incorrect "F" time standard.)
Heck, I can see a day when EVERYONE wins something !
OK Rob, now you've done it! Because of my big mouth, I have now been asked (read coerced) by my LMSC to go to the convention (looks like we will, Laura and I were supposed to last year but a family emergency stopped us). My vote is that they'll chase us out of San Diego withing 24 hours!
In additon, our current LMSC President (Go Cindy) is "rushing" to get a proposal to Leo who is the chair of the rules committee. My guess (from what I've heard) is that it most likely won't go to far as Leo has notified us that it has to be deemed an "emergency" to be considered by the committee.
OK gang, I'm stepping up here because I really believe that this has relevance. If anyone else out there on this forum feels the same than you need to do your part and contact your LMSC rep and have them support this. My hope is that we'll get the support and place a SCM Nationals for December of 2004 on the calender.
Rob, I am clueless as to setting up a "poll" on this site. Help me out here buddy and start up a new thread with a poll!
OK Rob, now you've done it! Because of my big mouth, I have now been asked (read coerced) by my LMSC to go to the convention (looks like we will, Laura and I were supposed to last year but a family emergency stopped us). My vote is that they'll chase us out of San Diego withing 24 hours!
In additon, our current LMSC President (Go Cindy) is "rushing" to get a proposal to Leo who is the chair of the rules committee. My guess (from what I've heard) is that it most likely won't go to far as Leo has notified us that it has to be deemed an "emergency" to be considered by the committee.
OK gang, I'm stepping up here because I really believe that this has relevance. If anyone else out there on this forum feels the same than you need to do your part and contact your LMSC rep and have them support this. My hope is that we'll get the support and place a SCM Nationals for December of 2004 on the calender.
Rob, I am clueless as to setting up a "poll" on this site. Help me out here buddy and start up a new thread with a poll!
