Sweet! We get a chance to wear out our suits until the end of the year. :):angel:
Though some certainty going forward would be nice.
That's certainly how I read the article based upon:The committee decided during two days of meetings in Sweden to “recommend to the FINA Bureau that it approve the FINA swimsuit rule … for masters competition,” said Nancy Ridout, the only U.S. member of FINA’s masters technical commission, in an e-mail.
The FINA Bureau next meets in mid-January.
I certainly hope, though, that USMS will come out on or before 10/1 and let us know what their intentions are. It would seem to me very easy, based upon this news out of the FINA committee, for USMS to say something like:USMS has made our formal recommendation to FINA on swimsuit regulations (insert hyperlink) and had recommended a 10/1/09 implementation date. With the recent decision by the FINA masters technical committee to further their recommendation to the FINA Bureau and the fact that the FINA Bureau will not meet until mid-January of 2010, the current allowable swimsuits are .... INSERT CLEAR LANGUAGE AS TO WTH WE CAN WEAR
Looking at USAS, though, they've pressed forward with 10/1 without waiting for FINA final ruling. I was talking with one of our senior officials who works across USAS, USMS and High School meets this weekend and he was as frustrated as we are. The officials want a definitive yes-no decision on swimsuits by brand and model so that they don't have to continually answer and make judgement calls when parents, swimmers and coaches ask about specific suits.
What will USMS do?
Sweet! We get a chance to wear out our suits until the end of the year. :):angel:
Though some certainty going forward would be nice.
That's certainly how I read the article based upon:The committee decided during two days of meetings in Sweden to “recommend to the FINA Bureau that it approve the FINA swimsuit rule … for masters competition,” said Nancy Ridout, the only U.S. member of FINA’s masters technical commission, in an e-mail.
The FINA Bureau next meets in mid-January.
I certainly hope, though, that USMS will come out on or before 10/1 and let us know what their intentions are. It would seem to me very easy, based upon this news out of the FINA committee, for USMS to say something like:USMS has made our formal recommendation to FINA on swimsuit regulations (insert hyperlink) and had recommended a 10/1/09 implementation date. With the recent decision by the FINA masters technical committee to further their recommendation to the FINA Bureau and the fact that the FINA Bureau will not meet until mid-January of 2010, the current allowable swimsuits are .... INSERT CLEAR LANGUAGE AS TO WTH WE CAN WEAR
Looking at USAS, though, they've pressed forward with 10/1 without waiting for FINA final ruling. I was talking with one of our senior officials who works across USAS, USMS and High School meets this weekend and he was as frustrated as we are. The officials want a definitive yes-no decision on swimsuits by brand and model so that they don't have to continually answer and make judgement calls when parents, swimmers and coaches ask about specific suits.
What will USMS do?
