Over the week end, (for the first time in 30 years of competitive swimming) I was disqualified. It bothered me a little bit for about thirty minutes but after a few plates of food at the all-you-can-eat brunch across the street, I was fine. I did have a question though. Do the officials usually tell you that they are disqualifing you? The official came over to my lane and said something to me (about my *** pull-out on the 200 IM) after the heat but never actually said that I was disqualified. I was a little confused so after I got out of the pool I walked over and asked, "Did you disqualify my?" The answer was yes. Never having experienced this before, I was wondering do the officials usually actually say "I am disqualifying you" or "You are disqualified" or is the suggestive comment supposed to serve this purpose.
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Originally posted by knelson
Not only this, how much time do you want to spend at a meet. When each heat is over I don't want a couple minutes of down time while the officials review the tape.
That was my thought too.
I guess one way to address this is to give the judges until the swimmers in the next heat are told to get on the blocks. No time-outs. No delays. If they don't raise a hand/flag/spear by that time, it's too late to deek a swimmer from the previous heat.
Originally posted by knelson
Not only this, how much time do you want to spend at a meet. When each heat is over I don't want a couple minutes of down time while the officials review the tape.
That was my thought too.
I guess one way to address this is to give the judges until the swimmers in the next heat are told to get on the blocks. No time-outs. No delays. If they don't raise a hand/flag/spear by that time, it's too late to deek a swimmer from the previous heat.
