Greg Earhart at collegeswimming.com just posted a column that raises a troubling point about the new suits: collegeswimming.com/.../
What do you think?
As big a pain-in-the-behind as this suit technology thing has become, I've got to admit that it's turned out to be one of the most clever marketing gimmicks of all time and it's making the suit companies big $$$.
WHAT???? It is neither new nor original.
Swimming is approximately 25 years behind most other sports. Remember Spike Lee's "It's gotta be the shoes, Money?" Remember Shaq pumping up his Reeboks before the All-Star game? What about Nike and Tiger, Lance and Trek, the list is endless.
Also, since I've actually been to swim meets, I can say that the vast majority of swimmers in tech suits aren't your Average Joe swimmers. If you commit to shelling out the big bucks for one of these you aren't a rec swimmer, nor average in your training or competitiveness. As proof, I offer the elite calibre forumites, who all have tech suits.
As big a pain-in-the-behind as this suit technology thing has become, I've got to admit that it's turned out to be one of the most clever marketing gimmicks of all time and it's making the suit companies big $$$.
WHAT???? It is neither new nor original.
Swimming is approximately 25 years behind most other sports. Remember Spike Lee's "It's gotta be the shoes, Money?" Remember Shaq pumping up his Reeboks before the All-Star game? What about Nike and Tiger, Lance and Trek, the list is endless.
Also, since I've actually been to swim meets, I can say that the vast majority of swimmers in tech suits aren't your Average Joe swimmers. If you commit to shelling out the big bucks for one of these you aren't a rec swimmer, nor average in your training or competitiveness. As proof, I offer the elite calibre forumites, who all have tech suits.
