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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t have a direct stake because my kids are all 12U.

That said, I am baffled by the willful ignorance and those being intentionally obtuse. People care for the same reason they care about the club swimmers coming in and dominating all the A meets. There are a lot of people across the metro area who cannot pay thousands for club swim or $600 for a suit that is only good for a few wears. Both the suit and access to club swim give kids a significant advantage over the traditional summer swim only kids whose family dues and swim team membership are several hundred dollars combined.

All the posts justifying wearing these suits, prove my point. “My kid only wears it to qualify for all stars or in a close meet.”

This is a recreational league, allowance of expensive swimsuits that give an advantage to a swimmer is certainly unfair, even if it is within the rules. [/quote]

You don’t think this same discrepancy between the haves / have nots are in every other sports? Come on. At the Olympic level there was just a story about a woman’s team that didn’t have cleats. It’s everywhere and in every sport. [/quote]

And most people complaining about tech suits I’ve found, are peoples who’s kids have a half dozen of them, and just choose not to wear them at MCSL meets. These kids get beat at their meets and the parents are frustrated and blame it on the tech suit externality. In reality, the suits are more of a mindset. The kids who care wear them and kick the butt of the kids who aren’t locked in and choose not wear theirs.[/quote]

Out coach told good A meet swimmers to wear tech suits in one certain week and let them know to target that dual meet to achieve good times. (i.e. all star, coaches LC) My DS only wore tech suit that week. He doesn't like to wear them in normal dual meets. But he had to wear it in All Star relay, individual, coaches LC and divisional cause almost all the other kids wear tech suits. He thinks it's kind of embarrassing to wear them in dual meets though. Either way, I don't have any problem swimmers wearing or not wearing tech suits. [/quote]

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