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
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I voted to follow FINA on the elites and it sounds like my view won. I would have lived with shoulders-to-ankles textile suits too, but that wasn't a choice and was only my compromise view any way. I know we don't know the whole story yet, but I wonder why pre 2006/7 textile body suits wasn't a option? I don't have an issue going back, however based on this board but also what I have heard on my team and especially among older masters swimmers in Colorado that without the textile body suit they will no longer compete. If they no longer compete they won't need to be a member of USMS, which is not really a growth strategy.
I voted to follow FINA on the elites and it sounds like my view won. I would have lived with shoulders-to-ankles textile suits too, but that wasn't a choice and was only my compromise view any way. I know we don't know the whole story yet, but I wonder why pre 2006/7 textile body suits wasn't a option? I don't have an issue going back, however based on this board but also what I have heard on my team and especially among older masters swimmers in Colorado that without the textile body suit they will no longer compete. If they no longer compete they won't need to be a member of USMS, which is not really a growth strategy.
