I wanted to make this a poll but couldn't figure out how to do it!
Do people think that the swimming finals should be moved ot the mornig so that they will be on during the evening prime time here inthe States? Many different swimming sites from other countries think that it is a lot of us in hteStates blowing & whinning.
I'm sure one of the articles quoted mentions this (As I am a little too lazy to find the one I read it in but I'm pretty sure it was a swimming world article.):
That there have been studies done on the effects of morning finals vs. evening finals and the studies are pretty conclusive that swimmers just do not compete as well in morning finals as evening finals. Now, I can't vouch for the credibility of these studies but it seems pretty plausable to me. The not being able to sleep, bodies not fully functioning until later in the day, extra mental roadblocks from having to wait, not being amped-up from the earlier swim in the day, having a chance for the soreness to set in, etc.
So yes it's about the money but all the evidence currently available does seem to imply this will hurt the ability of swimmers to perform at their lifetime best. It's great that they want it to be prime time but that prime time only benefits the US - and hurts the US swimmers and everyone else in the process.
:2cents:
