AB Conference: No Drownings Allowed

Jim Wheeler is tired of saying the right thing. The recreation services manager for San Francisco Recreation & Parks stirred the water at the Athletic Business Conference on Friday when he proclaimed: "Nobody should drown in a lifeguarded pool."

Speaking with a T-shirt draped in front of his podium that read "You're Either A Lifeguard or You're Not," Wheeler admitted that some people may think he's nuts; some drownings are inevitable, they claim. "It may be controversial, but at this point I'm tired of being politically correct," said Wheeler, who also runs the Richmond, Calif.-based consulting company Total Aquatic Management. "If you do all 10 of these - and they're not easy - I firmly believe that no one will drown in a lifeguarded pool."

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