Should USMS require record breakers to do drug testing? ...

For those that take umbrage at the 'just' in the phrase 'just Masters', understand that 'just' is also applied to age group swimming, summer swimming etc., as opposed to the 'open' division. After all, what we are doing could well be characterised as 'age group'. Salute anyone who participates, no matter what their background, in masters swimming for resisting the non-active snares of modern society that result in ill health, obesity and general disengagement. Whatever your motivation for swimming is, it is uniquely you and would be sullied by the use of PED's to garner acclaim from others. Testing would be validating the importance of that acclaim; those that pollute their bodies for such hollow motivation will likely reap what they sow. My homily for the day.

For those that take umbrage at the 'just' in the phrase 'just Masters', understand that 'just' is also applied to age group swimming, summer swimming etc., as opposed to the 'open' division. After all, what we are doing could well be characterised as 'age group'. Salute anyone who participates, no matter what their background, in masters swimming for resisting the non-active snares of modern society that result in ill health, obesity and general disengagement. Whatever your motivation for swimming is, it is uniquely you and would be sullied by the use of PED's to garner acclaim from others. Testing would be validating the importance of that acclaim; those that pollute their bodies for such hollow motivation will likely reap what they sow. My homily for the day.