TECHSUITS BANNED (again): AP article on FINA ruling

I loved the post that maybe USMS won't go along with the change, but who is going to manufacture the suits only for USMS even if USMS were silly enough not to follow the FINA rules? If swimming goes the way of cycling, then the FINA standard become the defacto manufacturer's specs just like bike makers almost always follow UCI standards. So it'll be about as easy to find 2009 suit technology as it will be to find a manufacturer still making beam bikes. (ie. probably not totally impossible but very, very difficult) The wildcard is whether National Federation (ie. high schools) syncs their swimwear to the new FINA rules. Right now, they aren't and the high school crowd can make it worth it for 2-3 suitmakers to keep manufacturing 2009 tech for that part of the US market.

I loved the post that maybe USMS won't go along with the change, but who is going to manufacture the suits only for USMS even if USMS were silly enough not to follow the FINA rules? If swimming goes the way of cycling, then the FINA standard become the defacto manufacturer's specs just like bike makers almost always follow UCI standards. So it'll be about as easy to find 2009 suit technology as it will be to find a manufacturer still making beam bikes. (ie. probably not totally impossible but very, very difficult) The wildcard is whether National Federation (ie. high schools) syncs their swimwear to the new FINA rules. Right now, they aren't and the high school crowd can make it worth it for 2-3 suitmakers to keep manufacturing 2009 tech for that part of the US market.