I am having a difficult time understanding how the self-professed purists can argue that USMS should follow FINA's lead when FINA is making decisions that are inconsistent and contradictory.
I think you're mixing together two separate issues:
1. What our personal opinions are on what suits should be allowed
2. Whether we feel USMS should follow FINA's (admittedly poor) lead on suits.
How you feel about the first issue could certainly influence your opinion on the second, but they are still different issues.
I am having a difficult time understanding how the self-professed purists can argue that USMS should follow FINA's lead when FINA is making decisions that are inconsistent and contradictory.
I think you're mixing together two separate issues:
1. What our personal opinions are on what suits should be allowed
2. Whether we feel USMS should follow FINA's (admittedly poor) lead on suits.
How you feel about the first issue could certainly influence your opinion on the second, but they are still different issues.