But, they allowed a person to train better, longer and acheive better times. How is this not performance enhancing. Is it because they are cheap?
I don't think that anyone is proposing restrictions on practice attire, if people want to wear LZRs in practice no one will object, the question is should they be allowed in competition. It seems to me that one has to look at both sides, why ban them and why not ban them? In the case of goggles it is better for the health of the athletes to allow them while there doesn't seem to be any argument for banning them. No one is disadvantaged by allowing goggles. And yes, excessive cost would be one possible consideration, along with detrimental health effects were there any.
I suspect that if someone came up with some new technology that improved performance by 10% but cost $1,000,000 there would be very little argument before it was banned, so the cost argument is one of degree and people will differ on where to draw the line, trying to make it into a black and white issue doesn't move the discussion forward.
But, they allowed a person to train better, longer and acheive better times. How is this not performance enhancing. Is it because they are cheap?
I don't think that anyone is proposing restrictions on practice attire, if people want to wear LZRs in practice no one will object, the question is should they be allowed in competition. It seems to me that one has to look at both sides, why ban them and why not ban them? In the case of goggles it is better for the health of the athletes to allow them while there doesn't seem to be any argument for banning them. No one is disadvantaged by allowing goggles. And yes, excessive cost would be one possible consideration, along with detrimental health effects were there any.
I suspect that if someone came up with some new technology that improved performance by 10% but cost $1,000,000 there would be very little argument before it was banned, so the cost argument is one of degree and people will differ on where to draw the line, trying to make it into a black and white issue doesn't move the discussion forward.
