What should USMS do about the suits?

Let's recap: 1. FINA banned the tech suits because they are performance enhancing (or, if you are a cynic, because someone invented a suit that was better than the LZR). 2. FINA indicated that the new regulations do not apply to Masters swimming. So really we are under no obligation to change our rules. If, however, we as an organization agree with FINA's assessment, then all tech suits (kneeskin, legskin, or bodyskin, textile or polyurethane) should be prohibited from Masters swimming. I can accept that and will wear Lycra jammers. But if the proposed compromise allows us to continue wearing an FS Pro kneeskin (which is most definitely performance enhancing), what exactly have we accomplished? What are we trying to prove? That I do not understand. We haven't changed any rules; at least, not since June 1. We (or, technically, USAS) made a recommendation to the FINA masters technical committee. That's it. The ball is out of our court. FINA has to decide whether it wants to follow our recommendation, do something different, or do nothing at all except possibly reissuing a statement of "it doesn't apply to masters." It might do this in the next two weeks, or in the next few months. Whatever FINA does, USMS has to act in response. I strongly suspect that USMS will do whatever FINA says, including if FINA does nothing but reaffirm its previous position. If FINA does deviate from that position, then USMS will have to decide both if and when to implement its decision. SCY presents a problem b/c (a) FINA doesn't regulate it and (b) the season has already started. As far as the reasoning behind the recommendation the Rules Committee actually made, I've already stated it as best as I can (I am not actually ON that committee; I did attend all the public meetings, and one person from our LMSC is on the committee). I get that you don't like it or understand it.

Let's recap: 1. FINA banned the tech suits because they are performance enhancing (or, if you are a cynic, because someone invented a suit that was better than the LZR). 2. FINA indicated that the new regulations do not apply to Masters swimming. So really we are under no obligation to change our rules. If, however, we as an organization agree with FINA's assessment, then all tech suits (kneeskin, legskin, or bodyskin, textile or polyurethane) should be prohibited from Masters swimming. I can accept that and will wear Lycra jammers. But if the proposed compromise allows us to continue wearing an FS Pro kneeskin (which is most definitely performance enhancing), what exactly have we accomplished? What are we trying to prove? That I do not understand. We haven't changed any rules; at least, not since June 1. We (or, technically, USAS) made a recommendation to the FINA masters technical committee. That's it. The ball is out of our court. FINA has to decide whether it wants to follow our recommendation, do something different, or do nothing at all except possibly reissuing a statement of "it doesn't apply to masters." It might do this in the next two weeks, or in the next few months. Whatever FINA does, USMS has to act in response. I strongly suspect that USMS will do whatever FINA says, including if FINA does nothing but reaffirm its previous position. If FINA does deviate from that position, then USMS will have to decide both if and when to implement its decision. SCY presents a problem b/c (a) FINA doesn't regulate it and (b) the season has already started. As far as the reasoning behind the recommendation the Rules Committee actually made, I've already stated it as best as I can (I am not actually ON that committee; I did attend all the public meetings, and one person from our LMSC is on the committee). I get that you don't like it or understand it.