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.
As a prior sanction chair and legislation committee chair, the official interpretation was to be as inclusive as possible. Using your GM example, if a local GM dealer wanted to run an event with the sole purpose of selling cars or generating revenue for himself, without regard to the swimming event, then the sanction should be denied. If the car dealer is running the event with the swimmers in mind, then I would typically consider this as being sanctionable.
I would also respectfully suggest that while it is great to issue sanctions to USMS clubs, there are many issued to other groups. To the best of my knowledge this year’s short course nationals sanction was issued to a non-USMS entity.
As a prior sanction chair and legislation committee chair, the official interpretation was to be as inclusive as possible. Using your GM example, if a local GM dealer wanted to run an event with the sole purpose of selling cars or generating revenue for himself, without regard to the swimming event, then the sanction should be denied. If the car dealer is running the event with the swimmers in mind, then I would typically consider this as being sanctionable.
I would also respectfully suggest that while it is great to issue sanctions to USMS clubs, there are many issued to other groups. To the best of my knowledge this year’s short course nationals sanction was issued to a non-USMS entity.
