I am SOOOO Mad!

I started diving off of starting blocks when I was eight years old. I am now 51, and train at the Y, almost always alone, as there is no Masters program in the county where I live, or in any of the immediately adjacent counties. (There are several age group programs.) I want to work on my starts, but none of the Y's where I swim will let me use the blocks - saying that a national Y policy prohibits anyone from using the blocks unless a team/club coach is on the deck. I have never heard of anyone suing a YMCA because of an accident on a starting block. Yes, perhaps a coach would be valuable to me in this regard, but I'm not looking for a coach - I need and want a cooperative facility. The age groups' program schedules are not conducive to my schedule, and besides, the age group coaches already have enough on their hands during those times with lanes full of kids working their programs. I also am not excited about having to dodge those kids to do the work I need to do. Anyone find a way to conquer this litigation-fear-induced insanity yet? Thank you.
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  • Originally posted by aquageek Was the jury asleep for the fact that the WOMAN SPILLED IT ON HERSELF? Geek, please read the article that I linked to. You'll see that the jury did hold the plantiff responsible for the spill itself (and reduced McDonald's liability). And I hope you have checked out Phil's response, which is (I think) the position of those arguing with you. (There are numerous frivilous law suits that you can ridicule. We just think that the elected poster child is not such a case, once you look at the facts instead of reacting to the spin. If the case was the same as the urban legend, then I would agree with you.) SwimPastor may be onto something. Maybe someone can come up with a set of guidelines that your average high school teenager (with limited lifeguarding or swimming experience) could follow, that would allow them to decide whether the swimmer is an experienced master's swimmer, instead of an injury-prone yahoo. (Somehow, that cholesterol-drug commercial with the dude belly-flopping comes to mind. :) )
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  • Originally posted by aquageek Was the jury asleep for the fact that the WOMAN SPILLED IT ON HERSELF? Geek, please read the article that I linked to. You'll see that the jury did hold the plantiff responsible for the spill itself (and reduced McDonald's liability). And I hope you have checked out Phil's response, which is (I think) the position of those arguing with you. (There are numerous frivilous law suits that you can ridicule. We just think that the elected poster child is not such a case, once you look at the facts instead of reacting to the spin. If the case was the same as the urban legend, then I would agree with you.) SwimPastor may be onto something. Maybe someone can come up with a set of guidelines that your average high school teenager (with limited lifeguarding or swimming experience) could follow, that would allow them to decide whether the swimmer is an experienced master's swimmer, instead of an injury-prone yahoo. (Somehow, that cholesterol-drug commercial with the dude belly-flopping comes to mind. :) )
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