I was wondering if I was the only Master's swimmer who didn't know that there was a five event limit on all meets? As an Arizona swimmer, I signed up for the MV LCM meet a couple of weeks ago because there was no event limit on the meet flyer. I like to swim a lot of things (more bang for my buck, so to speak). I entered ten events on-line (not knowing I was being a criminal). Nobody refuted my entry. Imagine my sadness when a week after my swims I was informed that I was retroactively DQ'ed for events 6-10! These were some of my best times ever. I am really down about this. I even asked our LMSC Director the year before (after attending a MV meet and swimming 10 events) why Arizona couldn't allow more events per day and I was told it is up to the Meet Director as to how may events are to be permitted.
What are your thoughts? Am I being a baby or do I have a right to feel ripped off?
1. If the rule says you can't swim 6 events in a day, then it only makes sense that you'd be disqualified for any event after your 5th one. You only broke the rule by swimming events #6 and beyond - you can't shift your DQ to the earlier events because those swims complied with the rule.
2. Aren't all disqualifications "after the fact," or "retroactive"? Last summer, a judge DQ'd me for an illegal fly kick in an IM - but the judge didn't tell me in real time, which meant that my swim was meaningless but painful nonetheless.
3. It would be nice if all of the meet software had features to enforce compliance with all the rules. And maybe someone knows a kid who knows C++ and wants to spend an afternoon writing the add-in code to scan for online violations. Until then, however, it looks like some rules will be enforced in the same way the IRS enforces its rules: you self-report your tax, and your compliance is enforced by selective audits, by reviews for violations that are obvious, and there's special enforcement if you want to be Secretary of the Treasury (or, in the case of masters, if you want your swim to count for a record). I, for one, like the on-line entry systems, their limits notwithstanding.
Meanwhile, it's a bummer, not having the swims count. I hope you get another shot at those swims ...
1. If the rule says you can't swim 6 events in a day, then it only makes sense that you'd be disqualified for any event after your 5th one. You only broke the rule by swimming events #6 and beyond - you can't shift your DQ to the earlier events because those swims complied with the rule.
2. Aren't all disqualifications "after the fact," or "retroactive"? Last summer, a judge DQ'd me for an illegal fly kick in an IM - but the judge didn't tell me in real time, which meant that my swim was meaningless but painful nonetheless.
3. It would be nice if all of the meet software had features to enforce compliance with all the rules. And maybe someone knows a kid who knows C++ and wants to spend an afternoon writing the add-in code to scan for online violations. Until then, however, it looks like some rules will be enforced in the same way the IRS enforces its rules: you self-report your tax, and your compliance is enforced by selective audits, by reviews for violations that are obvious, and there's special enforcement if you want to be Secretary of the Treasury (or, in the case of masters, if you want your swim to count for a record). I, for one, like the on-line entry systems, their limits notwithstanding.
Meanwhile, it's a bummer, not having the swims count. I hope you get another shot at those swims ...
