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
One sport=one set of rules.
What about boxing? - what are there 3 or 4 (WBC, WBA, IBC, IBA, WWE) and they have differing rules in some fashion (# of rounds, glove weight, IQ of announcer, who side God is on) - but the core rules are similar - hit the other guy as hard as possible. Even Olypic rules have a scoring component that the professional don't have. So you can have one sport, but modified rules that make each level complementary to the other levels.
I guess FINA has been such a cluster that people are frustrated and couldn't care less if they are the "main governing body" for swimming's universe.
Personally if USMS allows the suits - fine - if they don't - also fine. Just tell us what types of suits are in and which ones are out so the suits companies can spend their marketing dollars telling me which suit I absolutely need to buy, must have and will set the most records in - if I ever get fast enough to set them.
One sport=one set of rules.
What about boxing? - what are there 3 or 4 (WBC, WBA, IBC, IBA, WWE) and they have differing rules in some fashion (# of rounds, glove weight, IQ of announcer, who side God is on) - but the core rules are similar - hit the other guy as hard as possible. Even Olypic rules have a scoring component that the professional don't have. So you can have one sport, but modified rules that make each level complementary to the other levels.
I guess FINA has been such a cluster that people are frustrated and couldn't care less if they are the "main governing body" for swimming's universe.
Personally if USMS allows the suits - fine - if they don't - also fine. Just tell us what types of suits are in and which ones are out so the suits companies can spend their marketing dollars telling me which suit I absolutely need to buy, must have and will set the most records in - if I ever get fast enough to set them.
