Rumor has it that there will be a push at convention to get the Tech Suits legalized for SCYBefore any decision is made I think we forumites should provide our wise counsel.I have been marginally anti-tech suits(I am also maginally anti-SCY,vastly prefering LCM),but if legalizing them will get more elite USA-S swimmers at our meets it may be worth it.
What do you think.
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I think that FINA/USA Swimming should develop a "technical" class and an "Olympic" class of meets. All of the traditional big meets would fall under the current rules (no tech suits) and new meets would be developed specifically to allow technical suits. The idea behind this is to find new ways to promote the sport in general and to support technical innovation. Last year there was so much general public interest with the advancement of the suits that it definitely made swimming more of a topic that usual. With the development of the second classification, you would have two sets of World records. In a way it's like Indy Car vs. Formula One. My two cents on the topic.
I think that FINA/USA Swimming should develop a "technical" class and an "Olympic" class of meets. All of the traditional big meets would fall under the current rules (no tech suits) and new meets would be developed specifically to allow technical suits. The idea behind this is to find new ways to promote the sport in general and to support technical innovation. Last year there was so much general public interest with the advancement of the suits that it definitely made swimming more of a topic that usual. With the development of the second classification, you would have two sets of World records. In a way it's like Indy Car vs. Formula One. My two cents on the topic.
