FINA issued Ruled,www.usms.org/.../showpost.php
Soon the USMS rules committee will issue their ruling.
SCM & LCM seems to be a done deal, the 2010 seasons started on Jan 1, 2010 & the rule began on Jan 1, 2010.
SCY is an American thing. The 2009 - 2010 SCY season began on June 1st 2009 and ends on May 31st 2010.
Will the new suit rules take effect immediately or at the end of this season?
I've heard rumours we might be able to wear full body suits at 2010 SCY Nats.
Look forward to finding out what the USMS ruling will be for SCY.
1/15/10 FINA BUREAU CONSIDERS SWIMWEAR RULES FOR MASTERS
The FINA Bureau has considered Masters swimwear rules. The USMS Rules Committee will learn the results shortly and then will immediately reconsider the USMS swimwear rules in cooperation with the USMS Executive Committee. All USMS members will be notified of any changes to USMS swimwear rules and the effective date. Regardless of any changes to the USMS swimwear rules, the June 1, 2009 USMS swimwear interpretations will apply for the duration of the One Hour Postal Swim being conducted in January 2010.
from www.usms.org/.../20100115swimsuits.pdf
you'll find the update at http://www.usms.org/rules/
Establishing a clearly defined procedure (to navigate this particular mess) is the only way I'm going to see this as fair to those who want their times in SWIMS. Make it straight forward, and understood by all. There should be a deliberate effort to make sure this group of people can get their times in from their taper meet. I would imagine that USA-S might come back with only allowing times from USMS swimmers done in USA-S meets until our suit policies are aligned.
IMHO, there's a significantly larger number of USMS swimmers who want to still compete through USMS Nationals in tech suits than there are USMS swimmers who want to get times into USA-S SWIMS.
Establishing a clearly defined procedure (to navigate this particular mess) is the only way I'm going to see this as fair to those who want their times in SWIMS. Make it straight forward, and understood by all. There should be a deliberate effort to make sure this group of people can get their times in from their taper meet. I would imagine that USA-S might come back with only allowing times from USMS swimmers done in USA-S meets until our suit policies are aligned.
IMHO, there's a significantly larger number of USMS swimmers who want to still compete through USMS Nationals in tech suits than there are USMS swimmers who want to get times into USA-S SWIMS.
