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.
I've had quite a number of conversatons about countries swimming against countries with USMS swimmers since the US was awarded the Worlds as well as some folks in Australia when we went to their Nationals this past March.
In general almost everyone I've spoken with did not know that FINA rules do not allow one to swim for thir respctive country and have to compete for their clubs. Also, almost 100% felt that a competition between countires at an international meet such as worlds made a lot of sense and would elevate the level of competition as well as media interest.
So I guess the bottom line is wether USMS and our general membership thinks this would be worth pursuing with FINA long term?
I've had quite a number of conversatons about countries swimming against countries with USMS swimmers since the US was awarded the Worlds as well as some folks in Australia when we went to their Nationals this past March.
In general almost everyone I've spoken with did not know that FINA rules do not allow one to swim for thir respctive country and have to compete for their clubs. Also, almost 100% felt that a competition between countires at an international meet such as worlds made a lot of sense and would elevate the level of competition as well as media interest.
So I guess the bottom line is wether USMS and our general membership thinks this would be worth pursuing with FINA long term?
