When will USMS allow for private company open water race directors to sanction events that part of a Masters team?
Has anyone been able to get a sanction?
Or will many of these remain self insured and not recognize masters or USA Swimming?
I would like to open my event with separate categories for USMS and USA Swimming.
Steven,
USMS will "never" sanction an event organized by a private company. Rule 202.1.1D prohibits it, and USA-S has a similar rule in their books. If the private company, however, is a non-profit company, or if it organizes the event for the benefit of a host club/LMSC or a charity, then that gets around the "purely commercial" clause, and I think that has been allowed in limited cases. (Specifically, I believe there are triathlons in UT and AZ that have, or have had, a USMS-sanctioned swim "wave".) Generally, USMS has rarely sanctioned events not hosted by a registered USMS or USA-S entity...and private companies who may have considered promoting Masters events are scared away by the "commercial" clause and the profit prevention clause.
Steven,
USMS will "never" sanction an event organized by a private company. Rule 202.1.1D prohibits it, and USA-S has a similar rule in their books. If the private company, however, is a non-profit company, or if it organizes the event for the benefit of a host club/LMSC or a charity, then that gets around the "purely commercial" clause, and I think that has been allowed in limited cases. (Specifically, I believe there are triathlons in UT and AZ that have, or have had, a USMS-sanctioned swim "wave".) Generally, USMS has rarely sanctioned events not hosted by a registered USMS or USA-S entity...and private companies who may have considered promoting Masters events are scared away by the "commercial" clause and the profit prevention clause.
