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

Los Angeles - Southern California Aquatics We have 8 pools in the area - part of the problem to get people to meets is that we are too big to create the club atmospere. There are many swimmers I never even see (I run the competition team). There was a guy swimming with us for 6 month - I never even heard of him or saw him and then he dropped a 35+ in a 75 from a push in a workout - word got back to me and we have now recruited him for several record setting relays. Then I saw somebody in a workout 2 months ago with a giant Olympic ring tattoo on his arm (and he has the hardware to along with that) ... we are still working on him. The other problem is that we do have quite a few very fast swimmers competing - so the slower swimmers think you have to be super fast to swim a meet. Ocean swims are very popular - pool meets are tough. Still - why would the team require USMS membership ?

Los Angeles - Southern California Aquatics We have 8 pools in the area - part of the problem to get people to meets is that we are too big to create the club atmospere. There are many swimmers I never even see (I run the competition team). There was a guy swimming with us for 6 month - I never even heard of him or saw him and then he dropped a 35+ in a 75 from a push in a workout - word got back to me and we have now recruited him for several record setting relays. Then I saw somebody in a workout 2 months ago with a giant Olympic ring tattoo on his arm (and he has the hardware to along with that) ... we are still working on him. The other problem is that we do have quite a few very fast swimmers competing - so the slower swimmers think you have to be super fast to swim a meet. Ocean swims are very popular - pool meets are tough. Still - why would the team require USMS membership ?