FINA to allow bodysuits in Open Water

Just out of curiosity, why can't we go to the USMS top cheeses/committee members and ask them what they are thinking WRT this whole rat's nest? I'm not saying we ask for a ruling and I'm also saying we don't want a "We are going to wait and see..." - type response. Rather, I'd like to hear some of the give and take at that level. Maybe even a VERY informal and non-binding, blind straw poll for some of the most major possibilities. This issue is obviously important to a goodly number of people, even if they are not the majority of the USMS membership. Also, for the record: I think FINA screwed this up by having a dichotomy between pool and OW swimming WRT suits allowed. Whatever it is, it should be the same for both. My personal preference is per the pool rules (i.e. max of jammers for the men, etc. I also think women should only be allowed jammers - fair is fair, after all - ahem - but I digress...) But if it stands as is, fine - I refuse to have a coronary over this. For we "recreational OW swimmers" ,the allowance of tech suits into events really isn't much different than allowing wetsuits - which numerous OW events already do. So no big change except maybe in USMS championship-type races, but again, no coronaries over this either. -LBJ

Just out of curiosity, why can't we go to the USMS top cheeses/committee members and ask them what they are thinking WRT this whole rat's nest? I'm not saying we ask for a ruling and I'm also saying we don't want a "We are going to wait and see..." - type response. Rather, I'd like to hear some of the give and take at that level. Maybe even a VERY informal and non-binding, blind straw poll for some of the most major possibilities. This issue is obviously important to a goodly number of people, even if they are not the majority of the USMS membership. Also, for the record: I think FINA screwed this up by having a dichotomy between pool and OW swimming WRT suits allowed. Whatever it is, it should be the same for both. My personal preference is per the pool rules (i.e. max of jammers for the men, etc. I also think women should only be allowed jammers - fair is fair, after all - ahem - but I digress...) But if it stands as is, fine - I refuse to have a coronary over this. For we "recreational OW swimmers" ,the allowance of tech suits into events really isn't much different than allowing wetsuits - which numerous OW events already do. So no big change except maybe in USMS championship-type races, but again, no coronaries over this either. -LBJ