And I thought the suits were killing the sport ...

We're all pretty excited - but... 50,000 is still a low ball number considering there are many masters swim clubs in the USA operating WITHOUT requiring USMS registration of their swimmers! Sheez... there are also many swim groups that require usms membership for insurance purposes. my guess is many folks are forced to join though they have little interest in competing. there is a self-insured group near me (MDSA) which has a membership of over 800. membership amounts to a permit to swim in the lake. i thought of pitching USMS to them as an organization that would likely also cover the insurance umbrella, but the fees would be doubled and i'm not sure many of the members would consider usms membership an added benefit.

We're all pretty excited - but... 50,000 is still a low ball number considering there are many masters swim clubs in the USA operating WITHOUT requiring USMS registration of their swimmers! Sheez... there are also many swim groups that require usms membership for insurance purposes. my guess is many folks are forced to join though they have little interest in competing. there is a self-insured group near me (MDSA) which has a membership of over 800. membership amounts to a permit to swim in the lake. i thought of pitching USMS to them as an organization that would likely also cover the insurance umbrella, but the fees would be doubled and i'm not sure many of the members would consider usms membership an added benefit.