I am posting this as an informational item only. If you guys want to start another tech suit flame war over this, have at it, but I won't be participating.
Yesterday, I received an email which stated:
United States Masters Swimming is considering whether to allow Tech Suits (ie Blue 70, Speedo Fastskins, etc ) at short course yards meets.
Pacific Masters is polling swimmers who registered for the 2010 Pacific Masters Short Course Championships to find out what our swimmer's opinion is of this proposed rule change. The polling will close at noon, Tuesday September 7th.
This poll should take less than five minutes to complete. We do value your opinion, we hope to find out more about what our members think.
Unfortunately, having responded to the poll questions I can no longer access the poll, or I would post the questions too.
I don't know about any other surveys. We posted our results on our website.
Summary of the poll results:
There were 184 responses to the survey. Of the respondents, 15% approved of the idea of allowing the suits in SCY meets, while 76% disapproved; the statistical margin of error in these numbers is about 7%. The disapproval rate is virtually identical among swimmers who identified themselves as regular or prospective participants in
USMS competitions.
I don't know about any other surveys. We posted our results on our website.
Summary of the poll results:
There were 184 responses to the survey. Of the respondents, 15% approved of the idea of allowing the suits in SCY meets, while 76% disapproved; the statistical margin of error in these numbers is about 7%. The disapproval rate is virtually identical among swimmers who identified themselves as regular or prospective participants in
USMS competitions.
