tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37388994.post6932757255957186120..comments2024-01-13T00:38:28.549-08:00Comments on Southern California Aquatics SCAQ Swim Club: Craig Lord writes an article for the 'Times Online' regarding 'Adidas' threatening to leave the swimsuit market.Tony Austinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00109365938555421509noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37388994.post-49019293078944316652008-12-01T07:05:00.000-08:002008-12-01T07:05:00.000-08:00That's a logical argument but I do believe Swi...That's a logical argument but I do believe Swimsuit companies pay millions in R&D. <BR/><BR/>The CEO at Rocket Science told me that the material used to create their suit cost $70 a yard.Did they help create the materia?<BR/><BR/>TYR contracted out to a military contractor, CRESE, to create the Aquashift.Tony Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00109365938555421509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37388994.post-64476079295341984172008-12-01T05:23:00.000-08:002008-12-01T05:23:00.000-08:00These swimsuit companies may have spent millions o...These swimsuit companies may have spent millions of dollars, but it wasn’t on swimsuit technology, it was acquiring as many high profile swimmers as the budget or their status would allow. None of the “supposed” developers (scientists and the like) have ever publically laid claim to their contribution, or published any of their findings to the <B>new generation</B> of suits. <B>Wonder why…..??</B><BR/><BR/>As for companies like Nike and Adidas, they invest in real high profile athletes across many sport disciplines. For companies like Adidas and Nike, excluding Phelps, to them the other swimmers are not high profile. Those companies know this has nothing to do with technology, and they are pulling out of swimming because they are not going to get into a bidding war or spend money sponsoring athletes they don’t consider high profile.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com