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
Chris, you well know that something may be not be permissible in a rule without a direct explicit ban....
More broadly, I've always believed (as many have stated) that regulation was the way to go. Regulation, line drawing, making distinctions are just part of the job of a regulatory/governing body.
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Double-suits have been worn in competition for decades, at the expense of speed. I've worn them in in-season meets even as a teen when my practice suits were too transparent. Any official will tell you that DQs are for breaking the rules, not for any purported advantage in the race, so if they were against the rules then I should have been DQ'd even though I was going slower.
I'm not really trying to put you or anyone on the spot. I'm trying to understand where the line -- necessary for the regulation you desire -- gets drawn and why among the pro-tech crowd. Once you allow performance-enhancement, innovations such as double-suits and wetsuits are different from Jakeds and other swimskins only as a matter of degree, not fundamentally. I also don't hear clamoring for arm-coverings.
Chris, you well know that something may be not be permissible in a rule without a direct explicit ban....
More broadly, I've always believed (as many have stated) that regulation was the way to go. Regulation, line drawing, making distinctions are just part of the job of a regulatory/governing body.
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Double-suits have been worn in competition for decades, at the expense of speed. I've worn them in in-season meets even as a teen when my practice suits were too transparent. Any official will tell you that DQs are for breaking the rules, not for any purported advantage in the race, so if they were against the rules then I should have been DQ'd even though I was going slower.
I'm not really trying to put you or anyone on the spot. I'm trying to understand where the line -- necessary for the regulation you desire -- gets drawn and why among the pro-tech crowd. Once you allow performance-enhancement, innovations such as double-suits and wetsuits are different from Jakeds and other swimskins only as a matter of degree, not fundamentally. I also don't hear clamoring for arm-coverings.
