Swim Big Shoulders and Support Obama???

Add me to this list of people turned off by this stunt. My shirt went directly into the trash. It was not an appropriate design and the organizers should have rejected it knowing it would get the reaction it has. I'm also a little upset about having to present my USMS card on the day of the race. I didn't bring mine and had to pay $20 for a one day registration. I was told that I received an email about this. Well I get 50-100 emails daily and I don't open all of them. I registered with a valid USMS number (and it even appears next to my finish time on the results). They had a list of Illinois USMS swimmers so that they could be verified on the spot. I'm not from Illinois, so I was forced to pay the $20. Would it have been that difficult for an event of this size to have the organizers cross-check your USMS number when you register or to have a computer set up the morning of the race to verify registration? I enjoyed the race this year, but will consider other races next year.

Add me to this list of people turned off by this stunt. My shirt went directly into the trash. It was not an appropriate design and the organizers should have rejected it knowing it would get the reaction it has. I'm also a little upset about having to present my USMS card on the day of the race. I didn't bring mine and had to pay $20 for a one day registration. I was told that I received an email about this. Well I get 50-100 emails daily and I don't open all of them. I registered with a valid USMS number (and it even appears next to my finish time on the results). They had a list of Illinois USMS swimmers so that they could be verified on the spot. I'm not from Illinois, so I was forced to pay the $20. Would it have been that difficult for an event of this size to have the organizers cross-check your USMS number when you register or to have a computer set up the morning of the race to verify registration? I enjoyed the race this year, but will consider other races next year.