What defines a Super Team? It can't be an LMSC with only 1 Club as registered in that LMSC. Walnut Creek as one club has more swimmers than Iowa Masters, Utah Masters, and as many as the whole state of Wisconsin. There are other Clubs that operate out of LMSC's around the country that are truly National and have swimmers swim for them living all over the country and could be classifield as Super Teams.
A couple of years ago in an older thread which I believe is no longer active this was debated over and over. A person named Charley from Oregon was upset that there were no restrictions on where individuals should swim and anybody that does not swim in the area they reside or train was cheating and contributing to creating a super team. The consensus was that as long as we have rules allowing anybody to swim anywhere they want and not be restricted to swimming in an LMSC for a club where they train or reside, we have to live with a fact that Clubs will be different. Freedom to choose any registered club or LMSC is a right than USMS allows anyone.
As an example, Mark hear could have a choice to swim with his old friends in Arizona, in Kentucky where he currently resides, or Virginia which is who he represented last year. That is his choice just like anybody else has a choice and that is why you will never be able to completely control this. People don't do this to create a super team but do it for there own personal reasons.
What defines a Super Team? It can't be an LMSC with only 1 Club as registered in that LMSC. Walnut Creek as one club has more swimmers than Iowa Masters, Utah Masters, and as many as the whole state of Wisconsin. There are other Clubs that operate out of LMSC's around the country that are truly National and have swimmers swim for them living all over the country and could be classifield as Super Teams.
A couple of years ago in an older thread which I believe is no longer active this was debated over and over. A person named Charley from Oregon was upset that there were no restrictions on where individuals should swim and anybody that does not swim in the area they reside or train was cheating and contributing to creating a super team. The consensus was that as long as we have rules allowing anybody to swim anywhere they want and not be restricted to swimming in an LMSC for a club where they train or reside, we have to live with a fact that Clubs will be different. Freedom to choose any registered club or LMSC is a right than USMS allows anyone.
As an example, Mark hear could have a choice to swim with his old friends in Arizona, in Kentucky where he currently resides, or Virginia which is who he represented last year. That is his choice just like anybody else has a choice and that is why you will never be able to completely control this. People don't do this to create a super team but do it for there own personal reasons.
