Rowdy does an "informal" poll using Twitter and mail and gets 55% voting for the suits, not surprising since most of his contacts will be elites. Chris suggests that he would like to represent the whole of Masters and solicits on these boards, where most of the outspoken people have already used or adopted the suits.
The fact is, that in any "vote" the people that tend to vote are those that have the most to gain or lose by the change, and the winner is whomever gets the most of their supporters motivated to get off their backsides and vote by whatever means is provided.
When FINA and USA Swimming line up on one side of the rule, it seems to me USMS should follow suit. These are regulatory rules, not a popularity contest. Ban the suits and let's get back to swimming.
Rowdy does an "informal" poll using Twitter and mail and gets 55% voting for the suits, not surprising since most of his contacts will be elites. Chris suggests that he would like to represent the whole of Masters and solicits on these boards, where most of the outspoken people have already used or adopted the suits.
The fact is, that in any "vote" the people that tend to vote are those that have the most to gain or lose by the change, and the winner is whomever gets the most of their supporters motivated to get off their backsides and vote by whatever means is provided.
When FINA and USA Swimming line up on one side of the rule, it seems to me USMS should follow suit. These are regulatory rules, not a popularity contest. Ban the suits and let's get back to swimming.
