FINA says Dubai Charter doesn't apply to Masters

Not that this is going to change the business case much, but I think much more than 20% of those who compete in masters own tech suits. My experience is that traditional suits are in the minority at the events I attend. Yes, you can quibble with the numbers quite a bit -- getting close to 50,000 members at this point, I believe; a much higher percentage who compete wear tech suits; and most of those favor B70, some even have multiple suits, replacement time is generally shorter than 18 months -- but I think the net result of this optimistically only increases the net by approximately an order of magnitude and that still may not be a very significant market. I don't think the age-group market is really significantly bigger though. Just guessing but I would think colleges would be more lucrative, since almost everyone I have seen wears one, at least at the D1 level. I'm not sure at the other levels.

Not that this is going to change the business case much, but I think much more than 20% of those who compete in masters own tech suits. My experience is that traditional suits are in the minority at the events I attend. Yes, you can quibble with the numbers quite a bit -- getting close to 50,000 members at this point, I believe; a much higher percentage who compete wear tech suits; and most of those favor B70, some even have multiple suits, replacement time is generally shorter than 18 months -- but I think the net result of this optimistically only increases the net by approximately an order of magnitude and that still may not be a very significant market. I don't think the age-group market is really significantly bigger though. Just guessing but I would think colleges would be more lucrative, since almost everyone I have seen wears one, at least at the D1 level. I'm not sure at the other levels.