Super teams

The issue of large or small teams is always an issue, even within the State of Ohio. How do you fairly deal with the Big teams from the big city, who have LOTS of resources to the small town teams. And the issue behind the issue is...how do you ENCOURAGE the small teams to keep coming to the meets, when they get out scored. (the obvious answer is the same thing the USMS does, small, medium and large awards). I remember several other sub-issue tha came up the last time this was discussed - for profit teams v.s. 'just want pool time groups' (different emphasis and it makes a difference if you have someone driving/pushing the communicaiton) - City Size - Distance between cities (Lake Erie LMSC - everything is basically NEXT DOOR - as opposed to 2-3 hour drives for us) -Meet participation level

The issue of large or small teams is always an issue, even within the State of Ohio. How do you fairly deal with the Big teams from the big city, who have LOTS of resources to the small town teams. And the issue behind the issue is...how do you ENCOURAGE the small teams to keep coming to the meets, when they get out scored. (the obvious answer is the same thing the USMS does, small, medium and large awards). I remember several other sub-issue tha came up the last time this was discussed - for profit teams v.s. 'just want pool time groups' (different emphasis and it makes a difference if you have someone driving/pushing the communicaiton) - City Size - Distance between cities (Lake Erie LMSC - everything is basically NEXT DOOR - as opposed to 2-3 hour drives for us) -Meet participation level