May/June cover of USMS Swimmer

Please don't read too much into this. I haven't seen the cover, nor the articles that go along with it. I am undecided about whether I like pictures of people wearing gear that water aerobics classes use on the cover of the USMS magazine. I don't know if there are any interesting articles in the magazine, or not, that would put the cover in context. I share many of Aquageek's and Gull's concerns about watering down (no pun intended) the content of the USMS magazine such that USMS members find little value in it. However, "I guess I just thought that a more appropriate cover photo for May/June might have been Rich Abrahams or one of the other swimmers heading to Nationals." Ooh! Like we haven't had 100's of articles in our magazine about people who will break records at Nationals. Like we don't talk about what goes on at Nationals, nonstop. As if there are depths unplumbed about pacing strategies for the 50 free. To be fair, I am uncomfortable with the idea of USMS Swimming and Water Aerobics Magazine. However, I am also uncomfortable with the idea that articles that are not about the top performing 1% (of the 20% of our members that compete) are a waste of space. Please, let's give the editors a little breathing room to experiment. If after you've read issue, you don't like it, feel free to tell them why. But, let's not assume a radical change in editorial policy based on speculation about one frimpin' photograph. Matt

Please don't read too much into this. I haven't seen the cover, nor the articles that go along with it. I am undecided about whether I like pictures of people wearing gear that water aerobics classes use on the cover of the USMS magazine. I don't know if there are any interesting articles in the magazine, or not, that would put the cover in context. I share many of Aquageek's and Gull's concerns about watering down (no pun intended) the content of the USMS magazine such that USMS members find little value in it. However, "I guess I just thought that a more appropriate cover photo for May/June might have been Rich Abrahams or one of the other swimmers heading to Nationals." Ooh! Like we haven't had 100's of articles in our magazine about people who will break records at Nationals. Like we don't talk about what goes on at Nationals, nonstop. As if there are depths unplumbed about pacing strategies for the 50 free. To be fair, I am uncomfortable with the idea of USMS Swimming and Water Aerobics Magazine. However, I am also uncomfortable with the idea that articles that are not about the top performing 1% (of the 20% of our members that compete) are a waste of space. Please, let's give the editors a little breathing room to experiment. If after you've read issue, you don't like it, feel free to tell them why. But, let's not assume a radical change in editorial policy based on speculation about one frimpin' photograph. Matt