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
Stupid question, and probably answered somewhere in many of these suit discussion threads (but I haven't seen it answered), but why would masters swimmers not want to compete if everyone is in the same boat and has to relinquish the tech suits?
Is it that people are used to doing certain times and don't want to see their times be slower? But everyone will be in the same situation.
So I get confused when I see references people make about stopping competing if tech suits are banned. And especially references that older swimmers will drop out of masters. Is it the psychological reaction to seeing a slower time? Is it the hassle of shaving?
If it's the psychological reaction to seeing slower times, won't that fade after a few meets and everyone sees that relative standings remain the same, as in "If you're fast, you're fast"?
Stupid question, and probably answered somewhere in many of these suit discussion threads (but I haven't seen it answered), but why would masters swimmers not want to compete if everyone is in the same boat and has to relinquish the tech suits?
Is it that people are used to doing certain times and don't want to see their times be slower? But everyone will be in the same situation.
So I get confused when I see references people make about stopping competing if tech suits are banned. And especially references that older swimmers will drop out of masters. Is it the psychological reaction to seeing a slower time? Is it the hassle of shaving?
If it's the psychological reaction to seeing slower times, won't that fade after a few meets and everyone sees that relative standings remain the same, as in "If you're fast, you're fast"?
