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
Why? So that we will be seen as a serious swimming organization? NQTs are a joke. If we are just a beer league, then anything goes.
Yes, that is exactly why. Sports without rules cease to be sports. I hate to use the slippery slope argument, but really, if we go a different direction than FINA on the suit issue why not allow one-handed touches in fly and ***, allow false starts, etc.? As things stand now there is no masters rule that gives us an advantage over non-masters--OK, assuming you're not doping, that is.
Why? So that we will be seen as a serious swimming organization? NQTs are a joke. If we are just a beer league, then anything goes.
Yes, that is exactly why. Sports without rules cease to be sports. I hate to use the slippery slope argument, but really, if we go a different direction than FINA on the suit issue why not allow one-handed touches in fly and ***, allow false starts, etc.? As things stand now there is no masters rule that gives us an advantage over non-masters--OK, assuming you're not doping, that is.
