How many guys from other countries does it take to win a National Championship?
Good thing they all attended classes on campus the entire year..... :-)
Makes everyone feel proud to see the American Record holder on the 4th place podium.
Typo in my response Chris. Try this. I may make more sense.
My question is about the NCAAs response to the LZR the preceding year. If the suit presents a similar question of access for individuals, why is the newest suit technology this year not under the same set of scrutiny as last year? Doesn't matter if its a winning team or not..... access is access in the end.
I don't know enough to have an opinion, just questions.
If the suits were available at -- and presumably approved for -- the Olympics, are they really "new?" Why would only Auburn (or whomever) have access to them? What evidence is there that this suit is really faster than the LZR? (I don't trust Lord's article at all on this score, he seems to take issue with the non-Speedo suits.) Anyway, so what if it is? The issue is access, not effectiveness.
I'm only guessing, but since the NCAA allowed the LZRs, I can only assume that they would just allow all suits that have been approved by FINA. I would hope that includes the issue of access since that's the FINA rule. Otherwise the NCAA would have to start up their own approval process, which is probably needlessly redundant and confusing.
Typo in my response Chris. Try this. I may make more sense.
My question is about the NCAAs response to the LZR the preceding year. If the suit presents a similar question of access for individuals, why is the newest suit technology this year not under the same set of scrutiny as last year? Doesn't matter if its a winning team or not..... access is access in the end.
I don't know enough to have an opinion, just questions.
If the suits were available at -- and presumably approved for -- the Olympics, are they really "new?" Why would only Auburn (or whomever) have access to them? What evidence is there that this suit is really faster than the LZR? (I don't trust Lord's article at all on this score, he seems to take issue with the non-Speedo suits.) Anyway, so what if it is? The issue is access, not effectiveness.
I'm only guessing, but since the NCAA allowed the LZRs, I can only assume that they would just allow all suits that have been approved by FINA. I would hope that includes the issue of access since that's the FINA rule. Otherwise the NCAA would have to start up their own approval process, which is probably needlessly redundant and confusing.
