FINA says Dubai Charter doesn't apply to Masters

Mr. Stark, Seems like you agree with Ion. World records for many categories.

Allen I have a big nose. Should I be able to set a world swimming record for people with a big nose aged 76. Should people with a small nose aged 76 also be able to set a world record for people with small noses 76 years old.

This is a violation of the "He That May Not Be Named" Rule. This is a far more grave offense than an tech suit violation. -LBJ So... if I were to enter a 200 fly with NT, walk up behind the blocks wearing three B70's, each of which had a large hole in the posterior, and I had a certain three letter name tattooed on my rear end, and I butterfrogged the first 100 for a split request and then loafed the rest... the question remains, what song would floswimming.org use for the video of my performance?????

Why? Masters already has at least one rule different than age group/elite competiton in terms of swimming. Masters can do breastroke kick for fly while others can't. There are probably some others that I don't know about but why can't we have a separate ruling for suits? Who's it gonna hurt? The better comparison is that FINA doesn't do drug testing of Masters swimmers. So apparently we can wear whatever we want and take whatever we want, whereas Olympic-caliber swimmers can do neither.

:lolup: I'm with Jim. His conscience is translucent (I was thinking more opaque - hope you don't take offense to that Jim as you know I love you) and mine is sleepy with masters. However, it's at full attention with USA-S - all those darn rules and such. One of these days, I hope that my translucent conscience and your sleepy one can wrestle each other in the arena of moral ambiguity. It would be nice to pin you to the matt; on the other hand, I could live with being pinned, too.

Nancy R said that the Masters Committee is not going to Rome I said the Commission, which is the Chairman, Vice Chair and Honorary Secretary. In many cases the Commission makes the decisions for the Committee, when the Committee is not meeting. Hope you are doing well, Gail. I see you continue to break records. -michael

Mr. Thornton- well it is true that I only know of your conscience through rumour and innuendo spread through the internet- that stands as a solid link to this discussion thread (huzzah!) by which the official FINA relationship to Masters resembles nothing so much as our masquerade thread with sheep and pole themata relates to the Congressional Record.

Can I wear a plain old speedo?:bolt:

The better comparison is that FINA doesn't do drug testing of Masters swimmers. So apparently we can wear whatever we want and take whatever we want, whereas Olympic-caliber swimmers can do neither. Using PEDs is against Masters rules.We don't test and many things the IOC considers PEDs are legitimate health treatments for us,but that doesn't mean we approve of doping.

My conscience is not now, nor has it ever been, nor is it likely to ever be, clear. Translucent, perhaps. But clear? I just don't think that is in the cards for me. :lolup: I'm with Jim. His conscience is translucent (I was thinking more opaque - hope you don't take offense to that Jim as you know I love you) and mine is sleepy with masters. However, it's at full attention with USA-S - all those darn rules and such.