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/
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I'm thinking, in Pacific anyway, that they will not even let you swim in an illegal suit after June 1st. I could see them calling people down off of the blocks.
The difference between wearing an illegal suit and an "in-race violation" is clear. I don't know too many people who swim a race and set out to get DQd (well I know of one), but if you intentionally put on the suit, you are challenging the rule and you should not be allowed to race.
Do you think people will wear the suits to meets after June 1st? I don't know why you would.
Makes sense Karen. I'm wondering what officials will do.
But as to "out of race violations," isn't it ironic that swimmers can attend sanctioned USMS meets and be retroactively DQ'd from Top 10 without any notification due to our own officials not following the rules correctly? Since that's the case it seems only fitting to be allowed to do the swim in a tech suit of choice and simply be DQ'd after the fact. Or perhaps incompetence is simply excused.
I personally wanted to compare tech suit swims to tech suit swims and/ or swim big line ups in a more pleasant fashion while getting full use of the suits I purchased.
I'm thinking, in Pacific anyway, that they will not even let you swim in an illegal suit after June 1st. I could see them calling people down off of the blocks.
The difference between wearing an illegal suit and an "in-race violation" is clear. I don't know too many people who swim a race and set out to get DQd (well I know of one), but if you intentionally put on the suit, you are challenging the rule and you should not be allowed to race.
Do you think people will wear the suits to meets after June 1st? I don't know why you would.
Makes sense Karen. I'm wondering what officials will do.
But as to "out of race violations," isn't it ironic that swimmers can attend sanctioned USMS meets and be retroactively DQ'd from Top 10 without any notification due to our own officials not following the rules correctly? Since that's the case it seems only fitting to be allowed to do the swim in a tech suit of choice and simply be DQ'd after the fact. Or perhaps incompetence is simply excused.
I personally wanted to compare tech suit swims to tech suit swims and/ or swim big line ups in a more pleasant fashion while getting full use of the suits I purchased.
