TYR Reaction To FINA's Ruling

Come on, these scientists are measuring drag and bouyancy. You mean to say that they can't get a fricking yard stick out and calculate 50% permeability? Right.

The LA Times link is temporarily down, but if you Google "LZR Lawsuit" lots of articles come up that say basically the same thing.

At the CSCAA conference, Mark informed the crowd that it was his opinion that FINA would go back to entirely non-permeable suits on Jan. 1 2010. They will do this, because as David said, 50% is an arbitrary number and it would be very hard for them to determine true percentages of permeability.

David - I would love to see the LA Times article you are linking to, but I continually get directed to an error page. Could you re-link.

If the tracer rise is now approved, why can I still not find it anywhere on the internet for prurchase???

Conspiracy theorist? No. But a good investigative reporter could blow this thing wide open. Take a look at this LA Times article from 2008: http://articles.latimes.com/2008/may/15/sports/sp-swim15?pg=1

Don't like the comment he makes @ 1:45. Suits do net records,swimmers do.

Dear David,
Are you a conspiracy theorist?

Lets hope the NCAA doesn't take lessons from FINA and ban previously legal suits. I know for a fact several NCAA records were set with B70s and winning relay members were wearing the Jaked.

The Jan. 1 2010 FINA standard requires that only 50% of the material can be non-permeable and must be divided 25% torso and 25% legs. This is apparently the rule that took out Blueseventy, which is mostly non-permeable. 50% is a totally arbitrary threshold for limiting so-called air-trapping. That's the first red flag signaling a bad rule. The other disturbing part of this arbitrary rule is that it appears tailored for the LZR's material ratio. We are supposed to believe that's just a coincidence?

I think I've heard it said best out here at the college coaches convention: Confusing is the definition of FINA.

If they pass a 100% permeable rule, are caps going to have to meet that requirement too? If anything can trap air, it's a cap. There's an obvious absence of a clear philosophical foundation for approaching the rules regarding emerging technologies. Until FINA establishes one, the problems, confusion, and inconsistencies will continue to undermine the sport.

I would not use the term second rate, but none the less it certainly is a hose job.

So pretty much every second rate company is getting boned over by speedo,that messed up

I think its great that we are able to get this "insider" viewpoint from all these companies. Keep up the great work.

in or out of competition... so, its not legal if you run across town in a TYR Titan?

What I do not understand about allowing suit modifications is how will people know the difference between a suit that didnt pass and the same suit with modifications?

Zimmer for Pres!