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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A Forums topic with differing views and many posts, yet no one is throttling each other? This is cited by the Ancient Mayans as a sign presaging the End of Days (the Divine Rupture will take only swimmers who are pure of heart and deed).
Actually the Mayans knew of sandbaggers and despised them: their versions were those prospective human sacrifices who, reluctant to be in the 'spotlight' of being eviscerated on the altar would take poison to avoid the horrific pain (seeking clear water) caused by dedicated priests creating smilies with their intestines.
I have polled me, myself and I: sandbagging when done by others is vile, unsportsmanlike, impure, annoying and weak- but when done by yours truly it is convenient, non-disruptive and not worthy of sanction.
A Forums topic with differing views and many posts, yet no one is throttling each other? This is cited by the Ancient Mayans as a sign presaging the End of Days (the Divine Rupture will take only swimmers who are pure of heart and deed).
Actually the Mayans knew of sandbaggers and despised them: their versions were those prospective human sacrifices who, reluctant to be in the 'spotlight' of being eviscerated on the altar would take poison to avoid the horrific pain (seeking clear water) caused by dedicated priests creating smilies with their intestines.
I have polled me, myself and I: sandbagging when done by others is vile, unsportsmanlike, impure, annoying and weak- but when done by yours truly it is convenient, non-disruptive and not worthy of sanction.
