FINA says Dubai Charter doesn't apply to Masters

I think anybody who owns a B70 or other tech suit certainly does consider masters swimming to be a serious competitive organization. So I think it's those people who would be most interested in maintaining that perception (even if it is solely in their own minds). In my mind, having a different rule on suits will absolutely hurt any possible perception that USMS is a serious competitive organization. The people that own the suits, aren't the ones I am talking about. Heck, people outside of swimming probably don't know there is much of a suit debate or what master swimming is to start with. My point is this for masters. If the "tech suits" had been granted approval at somepoint over the last few years, they should be grandfathered into usms swimming. We all know the suits don't have that long of a life. Once FINA has re-issued the list of approved suits and finalized their suit criteria of jan 1, 2010, the suit companies will focus their efforts on making the new suits under the new guidelines. What USMS should consider doing is to allow the suits that have been used for the last year and before until they are no longer avaiable(which really won't be that long of time) for purchase Once our suits are used up, we will be looking at suits that fall under the new guidelines. USMS will be adopting the new guidelines, even if by default.

I think anybody who owns a B70 or other tech suit certainly does consider masters swimming to be a serious competitive organization. So I think it's those people who would be most interested in maintaining that perception (even if it is solely in their own minds). In my mind, having a different rule on suits will absolutely hurt any possible perception that USMS is a serious competitive organization. The people that own the suits, aren't the ones I am talking about. Heck, people outside of swimming probably don't know there is much of a suit debate or what master swimming is to start with. My point is this for masters. If the "tech suits" had been granted approval at somepoint over the last few years, they should be grandfathered into usms swimming. We all know the suits don't have that long of a life. Once FINA has re-issued the list of approved suits and finalized their suit criteria of jan 1, 2010, the suit companies will focus their efforts on making the new suits under the new guidelines. What USMS should consider doing is to allow the suits that have been used for the last year and before until they are no longer avaiable(which really won't be that long of time) for purchase Once our suits are used up, we will be looking at suits that fall under the new guidelines. USMS will be adopting the new guidelines, even if by default.