Tech Suit Poll(yet again)

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Former Member — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:00:20 GMT

Quit whinning, swim with a legal suit guys.

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Former Member — Sun, 30 May 2010 12:54:38 GMT

put your hands behind your head and step away from that tech-suit! Now that is funny.

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Former Member — Sun, 30 May 2010 12:31:46 GMT

put your hands behind your head and step away from that tech-suit!

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__steve__ — Sun, 30 May 2010 08:56:07 GMT

Unlike the majority, I've only competed this recent year so my vote wouldn't really be conclusive unless there was a neutral option. But I do support a modified class of swimming competition (SCY) that allows the suits. On the same token I would also support including 25 yard sprint events.

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Donna — Sun, 30 May 2010 08:39:27 GMT

I would prefer to see SCY allow the textile tech suits for everyone, full coverage for both men and women down to the ankle.

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Redbird Alum — Sun, 30 May 2010 06:44:11 GMT

"The party's over.... it's time to call it a day." Bringing them back makes USMS look more flip-floppy than a politician right before elections!

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Former Member — Sat, 29 May 2010 13:18:18 GMT

One aspect that shouldn't be overlooked is that if the tech suits are brought back for SCY then USMS will be responsible for setting standards and testing suits for compliance. However little respect one has for FINA, I think their experience with trying to regulate the evolution of tech suits indicates that this is no easy or inexpensive task.

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smontanaro — Sat, 29 May 2010 09:04:56 GMT

You forgot to add an "I don't care" choice.

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Former Member — Sat, 29 May 2010 06:43:30 GMT

dare to dream! :) FINA needs the money that the sponsors(suit makers for one) put into the sport. Once they have better rules in place in regards to material, bodysuits of some kind will return.

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Former Member — Sat, 29 May 2010 05:06:38 GMT

No, conform to the stupidity of FINA. The suits will be back in 2013 anyway.

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Midas — Sat, 29 May 2010 01:50:08 GMT

Editing to remove snarky comment. I just want this to end. I have to say I was a little depressed to hear that the suits may live on. If they do, that's the end of SCY swimming for me...

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tjrpatt — Sat, 29 May 2010 01:40:20 GMT

No, conform to the stupidity of FINA. The suits will be back in 2013 anyway. dare to dream! :)

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Former Member — Fri, 28 May 2010 14:55:43 GMT

Just, stop. Please. We lost. Let's move on.

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Allen Stark — Fri, 28 May 2010 10:50:08 GMT

I am posting on this thread again to get it back on page one.I encourage everyone to vote and get all there friends to vote.The people at convention read the threads and I'd like to think they'd take our majority in to account, whichever way it finishes.

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Former Member — Tue, 25 May 2010 07:51:38 GMT

Even though I wore one this weekend and it was fun...I say burn em...let's just swim...

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Former Member — Mon, 24 May 2010 14:34:00 GMT

FINA ruled. USMS made a decision. Let's treat this issue like an injured horse. Get a gun, load it, aim, fire. End of issue. Time to move on and focus on lcm for the summer and how to improve our swimming for the future.

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Former Member — Mon, 24 May 2010 11:52:42 GMT

Like my Daddy says "**** or get off the pot". I don't care, but make a decision and stick with it.

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Former Member — Mon, 24 May 2010 11:29:48 GMT

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.

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tjrpatt — Mon, 24 May 2010 07:39:13 GMT

One thing I remember about the convention is that the majority of the delegates didn't vote to keep the suits(aka floatation devices) legal until June 1, 2010 for SCY, regardless of what FINA was going to issue at January 1, 2010. This tech suit stuff really needs to stop. Go away! Also, USMS records shouldn't be broken in "bunches" as a headline from Swimming World Online stated. National Records are precious little gifts. The tech suits made national records/any records seem insignificant. That is my Opinion.

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That Guy — Mon, 24 May 2010 07:22:16 GMT

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