Recruiting

Well, there will also be "bad feelings" left if you don't allow the swimmers that want to participate in this type of team event. Just let people do what they want to do. This is not that big of a deal to let happen. If some people want to swim with a faster relay for one measly international meet a year why is that so bad? No one is bribing anybody, no one is going to be forced into doing this. If they want to do it, cripes, let them do it. If they don't want to participate, then let them stay where they are. Frankly, I only see positives coming from this situation. Some people will get to swim on World or Natl. record setting relay and then come back and swim with their local teams that would have otherwise never had the chance. Local teams might even have membership increases by a few new heads if they enjoyed the ordeal and decided to keep with it locally afterward. As far as the relay choices are concerned. This is always a consideration and risk in this area. This is nothing new. Anyone can be bumped based on their speed or lack there of at any time. After all it's "competitive" swimming not open swim. I can assure you that most people will already know who would be joining in their age group relays and would have it mentally layed out before they agreed to join a new faster team for an intl. meet. As far as foreign opinion is concerned. I am surprised they don't do it themselves. It's their choice. John Smith

Well, there will also be "bad feelings" left if you don't allow the swimmers that want to participate in this type of team event. Just let people do what they want to do. This is not that big of a deal to let happen. If some people want to swim with a faster relay for one measly international meet a year why is that so bad? No one is bribing anybody, no one is going to be forced into doing this. If they want to do it, cripes, let them do it. If they don't want to participate, then let them stay where they are. Frankly, I only see positives coming from this situation. Some people will get to swim on World or Natl. record setting relay and then come back and swim with their local teams that would have otherwise never had the chance. Local teams might even have membership increases by a few new heads if they enjoyed the ordeal and decided to keep with it locally afterward. As far as the relay choices are concerned. This is always a consideration and risk in this area. This is nothing new. Anyone can be bumped based on their speed or lack there of at any time. After all it's "competitive" swimming not open swim. I can assure you that most people will already know who would be joining in their age group relays and would have it mentally layed out before they agreed to join a new faster team for an intl. meet. As far as foreign opinion is concerned. I am surprised they don't do it themselves. It's their choice. John Smith