Most informed discussion here (and some suggestions for getting a different body's sanction and different insurance):
www.marathonswimmers.org/.../usms-ow-sanctioning
And from the top page of USMS site:
www.usms.org/.../articledisplay.php
There are sublinks at bottom of that screed.
I rather suspect the new insurance requirements will affect OW swimmers sooner rather than later. Meet directors are in a stew across the nation, having received sanctions but now the rules are changed and they must meet new requirements.
Swimmers should be aware that meets they are planning to go to might not happen.
Most informed discussion here (and some suggestions for getting a different body's sanction and different insurance):
www.marathonswimmers.org/.../usms-ow-sanctioning
And from the top page of USMS site:
www.usms.org/.../articledisplay.php
There are sublinks at bottom of that screed.
I rather suspect the new insurance requirements will affect OW swimmers sooner rather than later. Meet directors are in a stew across the nation, having received sanctions but now the rules are changed and they must meet new requirements.
Swimmers should be aware that meets they are planning to go to might not happen.
