Super teams

Originally posted by Karen Duggan Thank you cjr, the more information the better, for me, to understand this "thing". I think it's great that LMSC's are trying to build better programs, host more meets, etc. After all, that is the goal of Masters, to promote a healthy lifestyle... However, while I understand the reasoning and need for SUPERTEAMs (and that's dandy :) ), I still think the club team, like mine, should not be made to compete against a whole region, state, etc. It's not fair. If we have divisions by age and gender and size of team why would it be such a stretch to have a club division and a SUPERTEAM division? Or should we do away with the whole team competition then? If individuals from "anywhere" can pick and choose who they swim with, to me it's not really a "team" competition (except if you are on a club where you workout with your teammates at the same pool, etc). Why have "team" awards? Let's just stick with the individual awards. I can't hang the team banner on my wall anyway! :p Short Course Nationals 2003 WCM Women #1 WCM men #2 WCM Combined #1 Long Course Nationals 2003 WCM Women #7 WCM men #12 WCM Combined #14 Short Course Nationals 2004 WCM Women #2 WCM men #3 WCM Combined #2 Long Course Nationals 2004 WCM Women #2 WCM men #2 WCM Combined #1 How much more fair do you want?

Originally posted by Karen Duggan Thank you cjr, the more information the better, for me, to understand this "thing". I think it's great that LMSC's are trying to build better programs, host more meets, etc. After all, that is the goal of Masters, to promote a healthy lifestyle... However, while I understand the reasoning and need for SUPERTEAMs (and that's dandy :) ), I still think the club team, like mine, should not be made to compete against a whole region, state, etc. It's not fair. If we have divisions by age and gender and size of team why would it be such a stretch to have a club division and a SUPERTEAM division? Or should we do away with the whole team competition then? If individuals from "anywhere" can pick and choose who they swim with, to me it's not really a "team" competition (except if you are on a club where you workout with your teammates at the same pool, etc). Why have "team" awards? Let's just stick with the individual awards. I can't hang the team banner on my wall anyway! :p Short Course Nationals 2003 WCM Women #1 WCM men #2 WCM Combined #1 Long Course Nationals 2003 WCM Women #7 WCM men #12 WCM Combined #14 Short Course Nationals 2004 WCM Women #2 WCM men #3 WCM Combined #2 Long Course Nationals 2004 WCM Women #2 WCM men #2 WCM Combined #1 How much more fair do you want?