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
I wonder if the article is right about the FINA Masters Committee "punting" or whether they essentially had no power but to make a recommendation to the FINA Bureau.
I *think* -- but do not know for a fact -- that all they could do was recommend.
While I do think the masters world seems more divided on the suit issue than other swimmers, I didn't think the article made much sense. What exactly was he recommending, that slower swimmers should be allowed to use the suits but not (say) Top Ten swimmers?
But more questionable (in my mind) was the assumption that new or less competitive swimmers would be the most eager to use the suits. Really? I've always felt that the majority of enthusiasm for the suits came from among the 10% that go to nationals and chase TT listings and records.
I wonder if the article is right about the FINA Masters Committee "punting" or whether they essentially had no power but to make a recommendation to the FINA Bureau.
I *think* -- but do not know for a fact -- that all they could do was recommend.
While I do think the masters world seems more divided on the suit issue than other swimmers, I didn't think the article made much sense. What exactly was he recommending, that slower swimmers should be allowed to use the suits but not (say) Top Ten swimmers?
But more questionable (in my mind) was the assumption that new or less competitive swimmers would be the most eager to use the suits. Really? I've always felt that the majority of enthusiasm for the suits came from among the 10% that go to nationals and chase TT listings and records.
