Yet another thread about the suits...

Greg Earhart at collegeswimming.com just posted a column that raises a troubling point about the new suits: collegeswimming.com/.../ What do you think? Hi Knelson This tech suit issue just keeps coming up over and over like a bad case of heart burn. 15 to 20 years ago, if you needed a swim suit (-IE- a pair of briefs), all you did was run down to Macys and pick up one for $12 and that was it. College and high school athletic departments could buy them wholesale for $9 each. Back then, the suit was just a minor issue and no one paid any attention to the brand of suit the swimmers wore. However today, the suit has become the "whole show and the monkey too" promulgated by the suit manufacturers who are taking advantage of swimming events for "brand recognition", "product placement", and other forms of "infomercializing". I (and many others) have strongly suggested that FINA "Tivo" back to when swimming was an athletic art of sheer simplicity instead of what it is today with the hi-tech suits and who can -and cannot afford them. That would end this controversy in a jiffy. My :2cents: Dolphin 2

Greg Earhart at collegeswimming.com just posted a column that raises a troubling point about the new suits: collegeswimming.com/.../ What do you think? Hi Knelson This tech suit issue just keeps coming up over and over like a bad case of heart burn. 15 to 20 years ago, if you needed a swim suit (-IE- a pair of briefs), all you did was run down to Macys and pick up one for $12 and that was it. College and high school athletic departments could buy them wholesale for $9 each. Back then, the suit was just a minor issue and no one paid any attention to the brand of suit the swimmers wore. However today, the suit has become the "whole show and the monkey too" promulgated by the suit manufacturers who are taking advantage of swimming events for "brand recognition", "product placement", and other forms of "infomercializing". I (and many others) have strongly suggested that FINA "Tivo" back to when swimming was an athletic art of sheer simplicity instead of what it is today with the hi-tech suits and who can -and cannot afford them. That would end this controversy in a jiffy. My :2cents: Dolphin 2