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
(And our informal poll shows the opposite.)
It does? If you are referring to the poll in this thread, the 'against suit' vote is split between 2 or 3 responses. The first two (FINA or USA-S) are to all intents and purposes identical and clearly represent a vote against the suits; right now that is 41-42% of the vote, compared to 31-32% for the suits. The remainder will do whatever FINA Masters decides, and they are leaning against the suits at the moment. So you could even argue that it is roughly 70-30 against the suits.
What I have a challenge with is the fact that if you don't compete, I believe you should not get any kind of vote.
Disagree strongly with this statement. Delegates are not supposed to vote for themselves but for the interests of their home LMSC, including current and potential competitors. (Whether they do this is another matter.) Heck, I even voted against my personal preference in that particular case.
But I do agree that there should have been some legit polling of the USMS membership, and that one of the questions should have been about whether a person had competed or was likely to do so in the future.
For all the good it would have done, since FINA clearly is doing what it wants on this matter, regardless of USMS' position.
(And our informal poll shows the opposite.)
It does? If you are referring to the poll in this thread, the 'against suit' vote is split between 2 or 3 responses. The first two (FINA or USA-S) are to all intents and purposes identical and clearly represent a vote against the suits; right now that is 41-42% of the vote, compared to 31-32% for the suits. The remainder will do whatever FINA Masters decides, and they are leaning against the suits at the moment. So you could even argue that it is roughly 70-30 against the suits.
What I have a challenge with is the fact that if you don't compete, I believe you should not get any kind of vote.
Disagree strongly with this statement. Delegates are not supposed to vote for themselves but for the interests of their home LMSC, including current and potential competitors. (Whether they do this is another matter.) Heck, I even voted against my personal preference in that particular case.
But I do agree that there should have been some legit polling of the USMS membership, and that one of the questions should have been about whether a person had competed or was likely to do so in the future.
For all the good it would have done, since FINA clearly is doing what it wants on this matter, regardless of USMS' position.
