All the announcements that are flying around about this, that or the other thing, being legal, maybe allowed and not legal, have not helped clarify anything to me. I read the latest USMS release as:
a) we'll follow whatever FINA says, but
b) later says that we can wear whatever we want despite FINA's ruling.
Very confusing- are we following FINA or not?
As a Meet Director, I find this to be a huge problem, especially as it relates to blueSeventy suits. I am sure that there will be plenty of people wearing/wanting to wear b70s while swimming in the meet I am hosting on June 21, just after the next FINA deadline and I would like to know what I should be telling our participants to wear (or not wear), and what our officials should be allowing or disallowing.
Considering b70's level of sponsorship and the prevalence of their suits at USMS meets over the last year, I think it would be prudent for the Rules Committee to release a statement citing this particular company's suits in their examples. It would greatly help me out.
Former Member
Who opened this can of worms, was it Speedo??? with their LZR partial neoprene suit???
Are people allowed to wear the suit of their choice???
If a suit is not allowed to be used is it going to mean you lose the right to ever swim again??? Eg:- drug use rules???
Do you really think there is an answer to any thing you have asked about these so called disallowed suits that were in use before 2007???
Are the record books going to be cleansed of all records set in a Mini Wet Suit.
Maybe ban all rubber suits.
Paul wrote
I'm wearing a brief so you don't have to worry about me
As a matter of fact, that is exactly what I'm worried about (Paul wearing a brief)! :afraid:
I would be asking USMS directly, not posting on a public forum. This will turn out like one of the many threads on here displaying several interpretations of the rules and confusing you further.
The question and answer should be simple.........
Q: Is the B70 Nero Comp (or list other controversial suit) legal to use in my meet on 21st June?
A: YES (or NO)
:confused:
If only we could have clarification like this from British Swimming and the ASA.
We've heard nothing from them since around March when the FINA testing started. I am assuming that no notification means nothing has changed, so the B70 etc is still ok.
