From other threads it's seemed some people from small teams feel left out at Nationals because they don't have enough people for relays. How about not counting the relay points for the Small Team Awards and letting the small teams pool swimmers for relays. Pooled relays would not count for records or Top Ten but could win medals.
.it's Worlds so we shouldn't have to "switch" teams to represent our country! Someone please explain that to FINA!
If you are going to World Masters Championships, you swim for a team (and however your federation defines team - for some countries I would imagine there is just one team; kind of like swimming in Arizona). You cannot swim unattached.
Now for excellent swimmers like the Smith Bros to swim in the World Championships or Olympics, you swim for your federation, so you are no longer swimming for your team.
In either case you dont have to change teams.
I should also point out that FINA Rules are decided by the FINA Congress. Every country could send two representatives to the Congress and vote on the changes. Most of the work for changing the rules are made by the different technical commttees. Each committee has about 12 members; each member is from a different country. They propose the rule changes, although each federation could submit a rules change.
michael
.it's Worlds so we shouldn't have to "switch" teams to represent our country! Someone please explain that to FINA!
If you are going to World Masters Championships, you swim for a team (and however your federation defines team - for some countries I would imagine there is just one team; kind of like swimming in Arizona). You cannot swim unattached.
Now for excellent swimmers like the Smith Bros to swim in the World Championships or Olympics, you swim for your federation, so you are no longer swimming for your team.
In either case you dont have to change teams.
I should also point out that FINA Rules are decided by the FINA Congress. Every country could send two representatives to the Congress and vote on the changes. Most of the work for changing the rules are made by the different technical commttees. Each committee has about 12 members; each member is from a different country. They propose the rule changes, although each federation could submit a rules change.
michael
