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The most substantial change, of course, is that suits would no longer be allowed to extend past the knee.
My personal opinion is this is sort of an arbitrary change. What really should be changed--if anything--is what types of materials are allowed and maybe testing protocol to approve a suit. I don't really think requiring suits to end at the knees would affect much.
So I'll have to go with the letter of the law: if there isn't a rule that prohibits wearing multiple FINA-approved suits (again, that are accessible to all), then IMO there is nothing inherently unethical in wearing as many as you wish. Anyone else can choose to do the same so there is no unfair advantage.
Fair enough. But as I noted above, ethics and law are not co-extensive and concern different inquiries. Something could be perfectly legal, and yet unethical.
So I'll have to go with the letter of the law: if there isn't a rule that prohibits wearing multiple FINA-approved suits (again, that are accessible to all), then IMO there is nothing inherently unethical in wearing as many as you wish. Anyone else can choose to do the same so there is no unfair advantage.
Fair enough. But as I noted above, ethics and law are not co-extensive and concern different inquiries. Something could be perfectly legal, and yet unethical.
