You would pay $45 to enter the meet and find out that the swimmer in the next lane paid $27.50.
You heat would be delayed for 3 hours and you could not go the bathroom. Whereas the event scheduled behind you would have already finished.
TSA (thousands standing around) would search all the swimmers prior to gaining entry to the pool deck. Some lucky winners (90-94 y) would be pulled off for special full body searches.
The shady spots on the pool deck are more expensive.
There is surcharge for using the newest speed suit (!$#@).
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Of course, if you got to your event early and there was space available in an earlier event, you could swim that one instead (unless your swim meet is called Southwest).
Of course, you'd be charged extra to swim standby.
Really, it would go like this:
There would be 5 heats scheduled with 50 swimmers entered, overbooking each heat by two swimmers. Two heats would be canceled. The rest would be delayed by ATC (Aqua Traffic Control). They would be scheduled for three hours later, but you couldn't leave the blocks because any race could start at any time, and if you aren't there, you'd lose your spot.
Oh and the people swimming standby would be ranked by the number of races they have swum in.
(BTW, my wife is flying to Chicago tonight. The flight is delayed two hours.)
Of course, if you got to your event early and there was space available in an earlier event, you could swim that one instead (unless your swim meet is called Southwest).
Of course, you'd be charged extra to swim standby.
Really, it would go like this:
There would be 5 heats scheduled with 50 swimmers entered, overbooking each heat by two swimmers. Two heats would be canceled. The rest would be delayed by ATC (Aqua Traffic Control). They would be scheduled for three hours later, but you couldn't leave the blocks because any race could start at any time, and if you aren't there, you'd lose your spot.
Oh and the people swimming standby would be ranked by the number of races they have swum in.
(BTW, my wife is flying to Chicago tonight. The flight is delayed two hours.)
