OK, last ideas...
Instead of number of swimmers, why don't we divide by actual number of swims (splashes). This would be beneficial for a few reasons:
1) There is no division before the meet, so nobody is stressing before the meet even starts. There are a lot more swims than swimmers...
2) Scratches and no shows will not be counted, as they weren't swum. This works well because I know we, for example, have had many swimmers not swim for whatever reason and their scratches would have put us in the smaller team category.
3) Every swim counts. The more swims you have the more opportunities to place, obviously. This would be more inclusive because the people who enter would probably enter as many events as they could.
4) Lots of relays get scratched. People would probably make more of an effort to swim them.
OR?
OK, last ideas...
Instead of number of swimmers, why don't we divide by actual number of swims (splashes). This would be beneficial for a few reasons:
1) There is no division before the meet, so nobody is stressing before the meet even starts. There are a lot more swims than swimmers...
2) Scratches and no shows will not be counted, as they weren't swum. This works well because I know we, for example, have had many swimmers not swim for whatever reason and their scratches would have put us in the smaller team category.
3) Every swim counts. The more swims you have the more opportunities to place, obviously. This would be more inclusive because the people who enter would probably enter as many events as they could.
4) Lots of relays get scratched. People would probably make more of an effort to swim them.
OR?
