The anti-sandbag law:
"if a swimmer enters an event with a time significantly slower or faster than that swimmer's recorded time in the past two years, the meet director may, after a discussion with the swimmer, change the seeded time to a realistic time" (104.5.5.A(10)).
Concerning my Auburn nationals entry, I confess, when faced with a 7 hour 2 stop flight and 3:45 nonstop at an earlier time, I did what any warm-blooded middle-aged American swimmer with low self-esteem would do--sandbag my entry so I could catch the earlier flight, thus diminishing the possible time spent sitting next to a 400 pound Alabama slammer with sleep apnea wearing nothing but overalls and body odor. Of course, I was caught in my bold fabrication and my time was "fixed."
USMS seems to have an identity problem. Are we hard core with rigid qualifying times? It would seem not as 2 of my not-so-speedy family members were allowed to swim four events last year in Puerto Rico. If we are not hard core, why does anybody care that I sandbag? More to the point, why can one person enter a crappy time and another cannot? Just wondering.:)
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'cuz you're so smart I suppose. Coach says I'm pretty smart though. Maybe while you are patting my head, you could enlighten me.
I do like Michael's sandbagging technique.
I look forward to both patting you on the head and enlightening you, but no need to wait on the enlightenment.
The key points from this most excellent discussion you started
Sandbagging causes cancer
Sandbagging causes drastic delays in the meet
Sandbagging has no impact on the meet timelines
A sandbagger is immoral
Sandbagging is a divine right
Sandbaggers cause Chris to double park AND cut in line in front of malnourished orphans to get the last piece of bread at the soup kitchen
15 year old boys are more mature when it comes to the sandbagging topic than the entire USMS community combined
Sandbaggers are dishonest
Sandbagging can be easily justified
The sandbagging rule is easily circumvented
Not competing for a couple decades is no excuse for not entering with an accurate seed time
Auburn students and recruits abuse cows
Swimming faster than the heat makes the swimmer cheap and is rude to the rest of the heat
Strategic time submission is immoral
Consistent enforcement is impossible
The rule itself is illegitimate
All USMS meets should be prelims finals
Kurt Dickson is superior to Alabamians and Texans
Daisy Duke is more important than swimming
Kids parents would make great Masters swimmers, since they already obsess about seed times
The main reason to sandbag is to whip up on 83yo ladies
Future meets will be seeded randomly
Kurt doesn't understand the time submission process for USMS vs the time submission requirement of USAS
Geek is jealous of my Strawberry Shortcake lunchbox.
Your coach would shed a tear if they saw the idiocy you spawned by starting this thread.
'cuz you're so smart I suppose. Coach says I'm pretty smart though. Maybe while you are patting my head, you could enlighten me.
I do like Michael's sandbagging technique.
I look forward to both patting you on the head and enlightening you, but no need to wait on the enlightenment.
The key points from this most excellent discussion you started
Sandbagging causes cancer
Sandbagging causes drastic delays in the meet
Sandbagging has no impact on the meet timelines
A sandbagger is immoral
Sandbagging is a divine right
Sandbaggers cause Chris to double park AND cut in line in front of malnourished orphans to get the last piece of bread at the soup kitchen
15 year old boys are more mature when it comes to the sandbagging topic than the entire USMS community combined
Sandbaggers are dishonest
Sandbagging can be easily justified
The sandbagging rule is easily circumvented
Not competing for a couple decades is no excuse for not entering with an accurate seed time
Auburn students and recruits abuse cows
Swimming faster than the heat makes the swimmer cheap and is rude to the rest of the heat
Strategic time submission is immoral
Consistent enforcement is impossible
The rule itself is illegitimate
All USMS meets should be prelims finals
Kurt Dickson is superior to Alabamians and Texans
Daisy Duke is more important than swimming
Kids parents would make great Masters swimmers, since they already obsess about seed times
The main reason to sandbag is to whip up on 83yo ladies
Future meets will be seeded randomly
Kurt doesn't understand the time submission process for USMS vs the time submission requirement of USAS
Geek is jealous of my Strawberry Shortcake lunchbox.
Your coach would shed a tear if they saw the idiocy you spawned by starting this thread.
