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
Even if USMS decides to continue with allowing these suits I really doubt the manufactures will continue making them. My understanding from selling suits as a retailer is that none of the manufactures will ever make a profit on these suits and reducing their levels of suits manufactured to a small portion of 40,000 plus swimmers wouldn't be, in my opinion, a wise business decision.
But what about a manufacturer such as blueseventy? I think they got into the pool swimming market because of their expertise in making wetsuits and realized they could make a "wetsuit like" pool legal suit. When FINA puts in place the new rules will they even continue to make suits? It's hard for me to imagine why they would want to make a textile jammer, but if there's still a decent market (in masters) for a full-body suit, then maybe they will continue to produce the Nero or some new variant of the Nero. Possibly same thing for Jaked, although they are still a tiny player in masters--at least in the U.S.
Even if USMS decides to continue with allowing these suits I really doubt the manufactures will continue making them. My understanding from selling suits as a retailer is that none of the manufactures will ever make a profit on these suits and reducing their levels of suits manufactured to a small portion of 40,000 plus swimmers wouldn't be, in my opinion, a wise business decision.
But what about a manufacturer such as blueseventy? I think they got into the pool swimming market because of their expertise in making wetsuits and realized they could make a "wetsuit like" pool legal suit. When FINA puts in place the new rules will they even continue to make suits? It's hard for me to imagine why they would want to make a textile jammer, but if there's still a decent market (in masters) for a full-body suit, then maybe they will continue to produce the Nero or some new variant of the Nero. Possibly same thing for Jaked, although they are still a tiny player in masters--at least in the U.S.
