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
As a "so-called purist" (and we are only "so-called" that by people who intend it as a derisive term), I hate the compromise.
With regards to the arguments I have read for keeping the tech suits, I think the tech suits were as much a "loophole" that got out of control as the whole "two suits" phenomenon.
I'm sure everyone realizes that the only honest reason the "performance enhancers" want to continue to use the "tech suits" is that they are enamored with the times they have swum in them.
They don't favor suit stacking or wetsuits because they have never competed in them and don't realize how much, if at all, faster those things would make them.
Conversely, the only honest reason the "purists" favor the ban is that the suits allow people to go faster than they otherwise humanly could.
1. The "purist" label wasn't foisted on those favoring the ban. Most claimed it themselves and constantly used the word "pure" to defend their position and denounce others as inferior or cheaters or lazy.
2. The tech suit wasn't an unwritten legally dubious loophole. They were worn after they were explicitly approved by FINA.
3. What do you know of our motivations or times? Perhaps I want to swim in mine because it helps my damn shoulders, for all you know.
4. I just competed in a wetsuit. Before doing so, I compared my times in a pool with and without a wetsuit and noticed a HUGE difference. I already know what the difference between tank and B70 is. A wetsuit is a whole 'nother ballpark, dude. Yet, despite this huge advantage, I don't want to wear a fat squashy extraordinarily floaty wetsuit in a pool. Just a fast speed suit -- without it being cut off at the knees or ripping all the time or instantly stretching out.
5. Again, you don't know my motivations, and I have posted different ones than you list derisively above. As for the "fountain of youth," this is absurd and has no relationship to my masters swim career whatsoever. You are really presumptuous.
But you are right about one thing -- you're on a roll with the moral righteousness. What I find puzzling is why you think this is even remotely desirable.
As a "so-called purist" (and we are only "so-called" that by people who intend it as a derisive term), I hate the compromise.
With regards to the arguments I have read for keeping the tech suits, I think the tech suits were as much a "loophole" that got out of control as the whole "two suits" phenomenon.
I'm sure everyone realizes that the only honest reason the "performance enhancers" want to continue to use the "tech suits" is that they are enamored with the times they have swum in them.
They don't favor suit stacking or wetsuits because they have never competed in them and don't realize how much, if at all, faster those things would make them.
Conversely, the only honest reason the "purists" favor the ban is that the suits allow people to go faster than they otherwise humanly could.
1. The "purist" label wasn't foisted on those favoring the ban. Most claimed it themselves and constantly used the word "pure" to defend their position and denounce others as inferior or cheaters or lazy.
2. The tech suit wasn't an unwritten legally dubious loophole. They were worn after they were explicitly approved by FINA.
3. What do you know of our motivations or times? Perhaps I want to swim in mine because it helps my damn shoulders, for all you know.
4. I just competed in a wetsuit. Before doing so, I compared my times in a pool with and without a wetsuit and noticed a HUGE difference. I already know what the difference between tank and B70 is. A wetsuit is a whole 'nother ballpark, dude. Yet, despite this huge advantage, I don't want to wear a fat squashy extraordinarily floaty wetsuit in a pool. Just a fast speed suit -- without it being cut off at the knees or ripping all the time or instantly stretching out.
5. Again, you don't know my motivations, and I have posted different ones than you list derisively above. As for the "fountain of youth," this is absurd and has no relationship to my masters swim career whatsoever. You are really presumptuous.
But you are right about one thing -- you're on a roll with the moral righteousness. What I find puzzling is why you think this is even remotely desirable.
