If the full body rubber suits do end up getting banned, why should USMS follow their lead on this issue? (i.e. assuming the suits would continue to be manufactured).
Isn't Masters mostly for each individual to pursue what they want and the level they want out of the sport?
If the full body suit is preferred by many USMS participants, why not satisfy the base by keeping it available?
What's really the point of forcing old USMS swimmers out of their girdles if FINA bans them?
John Smith
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So, the answer to your question above, form my experience, is that at least one manufacturer (Victor = Jerry Greenberg) was willing to start production for the master's community. I don't know what Speedo's motivation was.
A good point of information. I do wonder, however, if the original manufacturing of tech suits, aside from master's using them, wasn't really more about "mind-share" and gambling that these might become the wave of the future. I forget the stats of USMS membership and what percent actually compete, but I wonder how many USMS types actually have a tech suit. That number, when spread across several manufacturers who will get no potential "mind share"/sales into the larger youth market, feels a bit small to justify the R&D, design, etc that goes into one of these suits.
-LBJ
So, the answer to your question above, form my experience, is that at least one manufacturer (Victor = Jerry Greenberg) was willing to start production for the master's community. I don't know what Speedo's motivation was.
A good point of information. I do wonder, however, if the original manufacturing of tech suits, aside from master's using them, wasn't really more about "mind-share" and gambling that these might become the wave of the future. I forget the stats of USMS membership and what percent actually compete, but I wonder how many USMS types actually have a tech suit. That number, when spread across several manufacturers who will get no potential "mind share"/sales into the larger youth market, feels a bit small to justify the R&D, design, etc that goes into one of these suits.
-LBJ
