I started a similar poll before,but time has changed things and I thought since USMS is going to have to do something definitive so they should have some input from the forumites
I just heard USMS voted at convention to follow FINA and USS Swimming and ban the tech suits ... trying to confirm. Maybe it was only a committee recommendation?
Our input, even if wanted, could be too late.
Anyone else heard anything?
My inside source, who I think might have been the indirect source for Leslie's info, wrote at 12:44 pm "suit rules will follow fina guidelines to go into effect jan 1 2010.
When I asked for clarification, i got this at 12:48 pm "Masters elected to follow fina guidelines."
I don't know what this means vis a vis yards, since fina doesn't have any guidelines about yards meets. it seems to me unlikely that they would let us swim yards meets this fall early winter, and stockpile times for top 10 consideration WITH the suits, then outlaw the suits for SCY championships in the spring.
This would give a definite advantage to those cheaters in California, with their fancy outdoor pools, endless meets, etc.
Those of us confined to Amish mudholes in the Pittsburgh area, which will probably be frozen over soon and in any event are almost impossible to saction for USMS official meets, well, it just ain't right!
I just heard USMS voted at convention to follow FINA and USS Swimming and ban the tech suits ... trying to confirm. Maybe it was only a committee recommendation?
Our input, even if wanted, could be too late.
Anyone else heard anything?
My inside source, who I think might have been the indirect source for Leslie's info, wrote at 12:44 pm "suit rules will follow fina guidelines to go into effect jan 1 2010.
When I asked for clarification, i got this at 12:48 pm "Masters elected to follow fina guidelines."
I don't know what this means vis a vis yards, since fina doesn't have any guidelines about yards meets. it seems to me unlikely that they would let us swim yards meets this fall early winter, and stockpile times for top 10 consideration WITH the suits, then outlaw the suits for SCY championships in the spring.
This would give a definite advantage to those cheaters in California, with their fancy outdoor pools, endless meets, etc.
Those of us confined to Amish mudholes in the Pittsburgh area, which will probably be frozen over soon and in any event are almost impossible to saction for USMS official meets, well, it just ain't right!
