As a swimmer from a backwater LMSC that virtually never has enough people at USMS meets to field even the slowest of relay teams, I would like to see team orphans like myself be allowed to aggregate with others of my ilk to form a rag-tag band of misfit style "Pick Up" relay teams at masters meets.
I personally believe this would foster camaraderie and new friendships as people like me, who practice in Amish mudholes, would be able to swim on a relay team with, say, Cayjuns from Baton Rouge, who swim in oil-slickened bayous littered with oxygen-starved crawdads.
I would furthermore and personally like such relays to "count" for Top 10 consideration, provided they were made up exclusively of unattached swimmers--or people who are the sole representatives of their "teams"--i.e., bona fide hardship cases, like me, who truly have no other options for swimming relays at most meets.
What say ye? Please take my simple poll; USMS bigwigs, please take note of my simple poll, especially if it comes back (as I hope) with a resounding and enthusiastic endorsement of the hopes and aspirations of mud-and-oil-coated misfits throughout the nation!
Well, I've got enough on my plate. And to be completely candid, it is not really all that important to me. :)
But at least we'll still have this nice little poll to talk about...
Did you just agree you were a Minutiae Fiddler?
Jim, it's a lovely idea and perhaps someone will care enough to make your vision happen or to be entertained. Otherwise, I think pimping and whoring is the standard option de jour.
Well, I've got enough on my plate. And to be completely candid, it is not really all that important to me. :)
But at least we'll still have this nice little poll to talk about...
Did you just agree you were a Minutiae Fiddler?
Jim, it's a lovely idea and perhaps someone will care enough to make your vision happen or to be entertained. Otherwise, I think pimping and whoring is the standard option de jour.
