I started a similar poll before,but time has changed things and I thought since USMS is going to have to do something definitive so they should have some input from the forumites
Is it my imagination or isn't it a tad arrogant to think that the USMS recommendation should be the one that FINA adopts? The measure was adopted by a slim margin within our own organization, which would seem to give it even less weight. There is a world full of masters swimming organizations out there, so is ours necessarily more powerful? I don't think we've seen the end of this.
I don't think it had anything to do with power or arrogance. It was a recommendation. They didn't heed it.
FINA adopted the USA-S recommendation for elites, so it isn't like it hadn't happened before.
As far as the recommendation being "adopted by a slim margin within our organization," that isn't true. It wasn't even voted on, at least, not by the delegates. I would imagine there was a vote within the Rules Committee and any others that were involved in crafting/submitting the recommendation.
Is it my imagination or isn't it a tad arrogant to think that the USMS recommendation should be the one that FINA adopts? The measure was adopted by a slim margin within our own organization, which would seem to give it even less weight. There is a world full of masters swimming organizations out there, so is ours necessarily more powerful? I don't think we've seen the end of this.
I don't think it had anything to do with power or arrogance. It was a recommendation. They didn't heed it.
FINA adopted the USA-S recommendation for elites, so it isn't like it hadn't happened before.
As far as the recommendation being "adopted by a slim margin within our organization," that isn't true. It wasn't even voted on, at least, not by the delegates. I would imagine there was a vote within the Rules Committee and any others that were involved in crafting/submitting the recommendation.
