Outdoor Nationals

Well if you haven't heard, Outdoor Nationals is in the limbo. The dates released months ago were tentative. And from word of mouth, one of the people in charge of such things at the OTC has resigned from his job and the dates for ODN have not been secured and no one is quite certain when they will be.
There is talk that ODN will be later then originally expected. I have heard, rumors that the dates could be as far as after indoor nationals. Yes, after indoor nationals.
In my honest opinion, it could be a huge problem and a great outcome. It could be a problem because you are giving people 0 time for planning, and that is a lot of money in a little bit of time for entry fees. But in terms of getting the best athletes you will succeed in my opinion. There has been this huge dilemma about Juniors who go to ODN make the team but are not in shape for residency and worlds. Well, normally Juniors are so worried about Indoor Nationals that if you have Outdoors shortly after that you are getting the best athletes at or close to their best. After outdoor nationals everyone goes home and then you could have residency start in a week or two giving the athletes no time to get out of shape. Think about it, in shape athletes for residency means stronger after residency (instead of getting in shape at residency) and better for worlds.
Personally, ignoring the fact that it would be inconvenient being on such sort notice I would like ODN shortly after indoors. I will have more time out of school to train like the seniors that don't go to school 9 hours a day. In the summer I have been training one practice at 8am, any normal indoor practice, and another outdoor practice at night so personally I will be in much better shape. Probably, in the shape I have entered residency the past two years which has always been better then what I was at ODN the same year.