Is there really a division between masters swimmers? i.e. one camp allied to a more low key fitness oriented approach with low membership growth vs. a meet oriented competitive (elite) camp?
This sounds ridiculous to me. I don't think I've ever run into anyone that acknowledged this debate on a pool deck.
What spawns this rift in Masters swimming? Is this an old guard vs. younger member phenonmenon?
Are there different motivations that exist that create this conflict in terms of the future of USMS? Why can't both coexist?
I say we poll some people out there and find out what they support.
John Smith
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Has anyone noticed how civil this potentially incendiary debate is? Why, in the pre-Return to Civility days this would have devolved into a name-calling, trash-talking, late-blooming mudfest by now.
originally posted by Bill S
I believe that the reason why this discussion hasn't devolved to that level has to do with a particular missing ingredient in this debate.......and the clue about this missing ingredient comes from your quote above Bill....the "late blooming" part of your quote that is if you catch my drift?
Has anyone noticed how civil this potentially incendiary debate is? Why, in the pre-Return to Civility days this would have devolved into a name-calling, trash-talking, late-blooming mudfest by now.
originally posted by Bill S
I believe that the reason why this discussion hasn't devolved to that level has to do with a particular missing ingredient in this debate.......and the clue about this missing ingredient comes from your quote above Bill....the "late blooming" part of your quote that is if you catch my drift?
