What should USMS do about the suits?

Soooo ... can we all don our B70s for World Champs next summer or will the USMS swimmers competing in Sweden be wearing jammers? Can of worms opened wide now. This is a can of worms.Does this mean times from Worlds may not be eligible for USMS records or TT or is this mean we should go to Sweden and wear our Jakeds.

I voted to follow FINA on the elites and it sounds like my view won. I would have lived with shoulders-to-ankles textile suits too, but that wasn't a choice and was only my compromise view any way. I know this will be hard for many of us that have owned tech suits (myself included) but I will be happy to have this behind us and to compete on a more "pure" level.

DONT SHOOT THE MESSENGER! What about just gently disciplining the messenger?

I'm still not buying a suit yet!

I will be happy to have this behind us and to compete on a more "pure" level. I can understand wanting FINA and USMS and USS to all have the same rules ... I can understand, to some degree, the expense issues, especially with age groupers (an easy group to have regulated) ... I can understand that maybe technology "happened" too fast, creating a furor (something that could have been avoided by regulation) ... I can understand swimmers preferring to swim without the suits because they like the "feel." BUT, I absolutely hate the fact that certain folks somehow think swimming without a tech suit is "more pure." It is not more pure or morally superior. It is just a halcyon preference. I wonder when FINA itself will issue a proclamation? It would indeed be odd (as Patrick and Allen) if Europe and FINA said the tech suit ban doesn't apply to masters and we imposed this ban on ourselves to be consistent with USS swimming (in which virtually no masters compete) ... I'm likely not going to Worlds, though I've considered it as it's in August. But I would likely wear my tech suit and forego USMS rankings and such if FINA says they're legal.

FINA does not have jurisdiction over SCY. Thus the ruling will only apply to Short & Long Course meters at this present time. It will be interesting to see what direction USMS will take.

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 Option 5 None of the above. Go back to the rules for suits in effect in 1975. :anim_coffee: Dolphin 2

Option 5None of the above. Go back to the rules for suits in effect in 1975. :anim_coffee: Dolphin 2 You must wake-up everyday wanting to be back in the 1970's for some reason. Do you miss the disco area or do the clothes you wear only look good in that decade? Again, why do you care what suits we wear?

USMS will adopt the suit rule "uniformly" even though FINA technically does not have jurisdiction over SCY. The wording includes, but is not limited to: 100% permeable made from "textile/fabric material" no zippers DONT SHOOT THE MESSENGER!

I can understand wanting FINA and USMS and USS to all have the same rules ... I can understand, to some degree, the expense issues, especially with age groupers (an easy group to have regulated) ... I can understand that maybe technology "happened" too fast, creating a furor (something that could have been avoided by regulation) ... I can understand swimmers preferring to swim without the suits because they like the "feel." BUT, I absolutely hate the fact that certain folks somehow think swimming without a tech suit is "more pure." It is not more pure or morally superior. It is just a halcyon preference. I wonder when FINA itself will issue a proclamation? It would indeed be odd (as Patrick and Allen) if Europe and FINA said the tech suit ban doesn't apply to masters and we imposed this ban on ourselves to be consistent with USS swimming (in which virtually no masters compete) ... I'm likely not going to Worlds, though I've considered it as it's in August. But I would likely wear my tech suit and forego USMS rankings and such if FINA says they're legal. Hate is such a strong emotion! I guess I should "hate" it when people think my view is not a legitimate one to hold as well. Sorry chief. I think the suits detract from my "pure" ability to get across the pool as fast as "I" can in a way that I can't justify. All the suits do is make a person go faster (and maybe look cool?). Is that the reason why you like them? Well, it's the the reason why I don't. Pure and simple. Save the hate for something that deserves it! You can certainly "hate" the fact that you won't get to wear the suit and have your times "count". Peace.