Some Aging Competitors Call High-Tech Swimsuits Dirty Pool
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Wall Street Journal article: online.wsj.com/.../SB125721159786824325.html
Michael Mann of Centennial, Colo., flew past his opponents, swaddled shoulder-to-ankle in a black neoprene bodysuit. Mr. Mann, 55, won the 400-meter individual medley race and set a world record for his age group, 55 to 59. Mr. Mann set new world marks in the 200-, 400- and 800-meter freestyle while Mr. Evans steamed.
just look at the World Championships in Rome where the greatest swimmer in the world was contractually obligated to wear an inferior suit.
First: Why should we change the rules, which affect everyone, in order to protect "the greatest swimmer in the world" from the consequences of poor business judgment? The solution to that problem is not a change in global rules, but to quietly suggest that "the greatest swimmer in the world" get a better agent.
Second: It's not clear that there's THAT much difference between the suits. And if there is, then any problems can be solved simply by requiring the suit companies to make their best suits available to everyone, with transparent pricing policies.
Sorry for hijacking this thread - and for stirring a horse that should be dead by now. With this, I'll shut up and go back to trying to learn a new school backstroke turn ...
just look at the World Championships in Rome where the greatest swimmer in the world was contractually obligated to wear an inferior suit.
First: Why should we change the rules, which affect everyone, in order to protect "the greatest swimmer in the world" from the consequences of poor business judgment? The solution to that problem is not a change in global rules, but to quietly suggest that "the greatest swimmer in the world" get a better agent.
Second: It's not clear that there's THAT much difference between the suits. And if there is, then any problems can be solved simply by requiring the suit companies to make their best suits available to everyone, with transparent pricing policies.
Sorry for hijacking this thread - and for stirring a horse that should be dead by now. With this, I'll shut up and go back to trying to learn a new school backstroke turn ...
