Thoughts everyone?
I don't really have issue with a National's meet being held a week early. It would be neat if they could convince a few "Olympic stars" to hang around a few extra days to sign autographs, perhaps in the format of a "swimming expo". My main concern would be the logistics - Omaha is not the greatest or easiest city to fly into, and hotels will be hard to come by with two major swimming events going on over a couple days.
Also, I assume college world series is close to those dates too...
This would be awesome, I'd definitely go. I got to go to Trials in 2008 and the setup was very cool, I really wanted to swim in that pool. Plus how many facilities (besides Stanford) have two long course pools and a short course warmup pool all under one roof. Flying in and out, hotels, and rental cars were no trouble at all for me, and I can't imagine USMS Nats will draw as large of a crowd as Trials.
USMS should do everything they can to make this happen. It'd be a great opportunity to tap into the whole Olympic mania that happens every 4 years. Maybe USMS can get a bit more presence at Trials this time too.
Do it! Please?
This would be awesome, I'd definitely go. I got to go to Trials in 2008 and the setup was very cool, I really wanted to swim in that pool. Plus how many facilities (besides Stanford) have two long course pools and a short course warmup pool all under one roof. Flying in and out, hotels, and rental cars were no trouble at all for me, and I can't imagine USMS Nats will draw as large of a crowd as Trials.
USMS should do everything they can to make this happen. It'd be a great opportunity to tap into the whole Olympic mania that happens every 4 years. Maybe USMS can get a bit more presence at Trials this time too.
Do it! Please?
