So it’s not fair if all 12 registered members on North Dakota band together form a super-club and take on Walnut Creek?
In today’s USMS members are allowed to form new clubs and choose which registered club they wish to be affiliated with. We have members living in Oregon swimming with New England. Not so long ago, Delta Airlines had a club made up if Delta employees from around the country and Tiger Holmes formed his Lumber Jax to take on the World in Brisbane, Australia (at least that is when I recall it being formed).
As for fairness, I’m not sure if team scoring at meets and relay composition has ever been fair. It just is what it is. Was it fair when I was the only member of my club swimming at a meet, unable to compete for the team title or in relays? Or when, as a member of a super-club, we took 2nd place at the LC nationals (beaten by Fritz’s super-club)? It just is what it is.
As for changing rules to address this… as anyone who has been involved in USMS knows, we love to change rules. We do it every year. So if new rules need to be implemented to help the club clubs, someone out there needs to draft them. I’m sure our House of Delegates will have a wonderful time debating the issues.
So it’s not fair if all 12 registered members on North Dakota band together form a super-club and take on Walnut Creek?
In today’s USMS members are allowed to form new clubs and choose which registered club they wish to be affiliated with. We have members living in Oregon swimming with New England. Not so long ago, Delta Airlines had a club made up if Delta employees from around the country and Tiger Holmes formed his Lumber Jax to take on the World in Brisbane, Australia (at least that is when I recall it being formed).
As for fairness, I’m not sure if team scoring at meets and relay composition has ever been fair. It just is what it is. Was it fair when I was the only member of my club swimming at a meet, unable to compete for the team title or in relays? Or when, as a member of a super-club, we took 2nd place at the LC nationals (beaten by Fritz’s super-club)? It just is what it is.
As for changing rules to address this… as anyone who has been involved in USMS knows, we love to change rules. We do it every year. So if new rules need to be implemented to help the club clubs, someone out there needs to draft them. I’m sure our House of Delegates will have a wonderful time debating the issues.
