The political winds will shift when we discover there is way less financial support given to the next generation of athletes because the swim suit manufacturers are broke.
Maybe, maybe not. But in the meantime we have to deal with the here and now, not speculate about what FINA will do in the future.
Personally, I think the swimsuit manufacturers will do just fine. I'm not going to support tech suits because I am worried that they'll go out of business.
I use to care what the people I raced against did in the events. I don't care anymore. Not caring about anyone else in the race has made swimming tons better because I am the only person that I have to worry about in the event.
The more I think about it, I realize that both your reason and Rowdy's "it's just masters" reason are basically the same: the stakes are so low, why should anyone care what someone else is wearing?
But this is disingenuous. As far as I can see, the only reason an individual wears these suits is to go faster; the other reasons are unconvincing, to say the least. But if the stakes are really so low, why should you care enough to spend $$$ to buy a high-tech suit to go faster?
The political winds will shift when we discover there is way less financial support given to the next generation of athletes because the swim suit manufacturers are broke.
Maybe, maybe not. But in the meantime we have to deal with the here and now, not speculate about what FINA will do in the future.
Personally, I think the swimsuit manufacturers will do just fine. I'm not going to support tech suits because I am worried that they'll go out of business.
I use to care what the people I raced against did in the events. I don't care anymore. Not caring about anyone else in the race has made swimming tons better because I am the only person that I have to worry about in the event.
The more I think about it, I realize that both your reason and Rowdy's "it's just masters" reason are basically the same: the stakes are so low, why should anyone care what someone else is wearing?
But this is disingenuous. As far as I can see, the only reason an individual wears these suits is to go faster; the other reasons are unconvincing, to say the least. But if the stakes are really so low, why should you care enough to spend $$$ to buy a high-tech suit to go faster?
