BOs in competitions resulting in a ban?

[wes]

Well I think its an excellent point Jome that from the perspective of the organizer you have an obligation to make it safe for everyone. Many freediving clubs have a rule that if you BO then you are done diving for the day and some have a rule that if there is a blackout then everyone is done for the day. This is not for punishment, but rather because (I believe) there have been cases of near accidents from dives right after BO's where everyone is shaken up and not really recovered and this compromises the saftey support so the whole group stops. This is all about the safety of all the participants. There is it sems a credible argument that the organizers have an interest to limit the number of BO's as if 50% of the divers BO it would be very tough on the safety support crew to provide good safety if there were 50 divers going down and they had to deal with 25 BO's.

Not sure what this means to the argument and rule, I guess that there are different things to manage for, making it safe for everyone, making it safe for someone who does BO (and maybe has impaired sense of safety/judgement)

Seems like to have a 24 hour rest rule makes sense where they could still compete the next day though they may have to complere late in the day instead of bright and early the next morning.

Cheers Wes