[UPDATED] to include Speedo slam!
The press conference ended 10-minutes ago and FINA made a declaration that is is back to jammers and briefs for men; women get the advantage of short johns with no compression.
From AP:ROME — Swimming's governing body has set a firm date of Jan. 1 for banning record-breaking bodysuits, which should remove the threat of a Michael Phelps boycott.
Earlier this week, FINA announced the ban but said it might not take effect until April or May — three or four months later than expected.
FINA moved up that timetable Friday after Phelps' coach, Bob Bowman, threatened to pull his swimmer from international competition until the suits are banned.
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FINA stated they spoke with swimsuit manufacturers and they are on board, when asked who they were, FINA refused to name names. I called blueseventy and they categorically stated that they were not warned nor spoken to. I am calling TYR to see if they were alerted.
It's is just amazing how much power Speedo has. They could not win in the pool so through their paid surrogates, Michael Phelps and Bob Bowman, who threw a school yard tantrum thereby degrading Paul Biedermann's win, have now potentially crushed all rival swimsuit companies. TYR, Arena, Adidas, Jaked have now lost millions of dollars cumulatively in R&D and tooling.
What a coincidence that Speedo simply did not bring an updated speedsuit to market for the 2009 FINA World Championships and subsequently allowed their athletes to swim in what they wanted.
"The fix was in" as Tony Soprano would say. Speedo knew that speedsuits were done several months before this day!
4 comments:
Hey Tony:
You were right on with this one...the fix was definately in..!
Thanks, I thought everyone was going to flame for saying that.
Hey Tony:
I agree with you, that the reason Speedo didn't produce a suit for these championships was because "the fix was in" and knew ahead of everyone else that FINA was going to ban "bodysuits". It would seem they were very deceptive and disloyal to all of the swimmers that decided to stick with them!
im sure the reason why Speedo didnt make a new suit is because they just produced a new suit in 2008 for the olympics! world championships arent as big of a deal, and you cant produce a new suit every year. what changes can you make to a suit every year? the difference between 2007 PRO and 2008 LZR were the panels and the fussion "stitching." a lot of research and development went into these suits! also, Speedo won an award by some fashion magazine/organization in 2008 for the material used in the PRO/LZR.
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