maybe attendance was high it was because this event was sold as the "last chance" for THE SUITS
"Maybe" being the operative word. We'll never know, and Jeff has already said how difficult it is to predict attendance at nationals.
I'm sure that won't stop some from declaring the suits were responsible for the attendance.
I must say, however, that the whole cost argument is pretty much moot. With jammers now retailing for $200 plus, it seems that the Speedos of the world are out to do what Big Pharma has been so effective at: marketing products with a tiny tincture of active benefit, and whole lot of placebo halo effect buffed up by superstar endorsements.
Those are indeed outrageous prices for jammers. But I suspect that they will not sell as well as the full-body suits did; the added value over cheaper jammers or briefs is just not so readily apparent. I suspect the cost for men, on average, will be lower, probably by quite a bit.
I think annual suit costs for women may well be higher with the newer suits, unless some manufacturer comes up with a fairly durable model, the way B70 did before.
maybe attendance was high it was because this event was sold as the "last chance" for THE SUITS
"Maybe" being the operative word. We'll never know, and Jeff has already said how difficult it is to predict attendance at nationals.
I'm sure that won't stop some from declaring the suits were responsible for the attendance.
I must say, however, that the whole cost argument is pretty much moot. With jammers now retailing for $200 plus, it seems that the Speedos of the world are out to do what Big Pharma has been so effective at: marketing products with a tiny tincture of active benefit, and whole lot of placebo halo effect buffed up by superstar endorsements.
Those are indeed outrageous prices for jammers. But I suspect that they will not sell as well as the full-body suits did; the added value over cheaper jammers or briefs is just not so readily apparent. I suspect the cost for men, on average, will be lower, probably by quite a bit.
I think annual suit costs for women may well be higher with the newer suits, unless some manufacturer comes up with a fairly durable model, the way B70 did before.
