swim meet

So now, the coach of Michael Phelps says he'll keep Phelps out of swim meets, until polyurethane suits are banned? Where the coach's outcry last year, when his athlete Phelps and other Speedo swimmers were kicking ass in the Speedo LZR suit, leaving other athletes, who couldn't afford them, or didn't have an endorsement contact with Speedo, in their wake?

Phelps was upset by Paul Biedermann of Germany in the 200-meter freestyle final. Biedermann wore a 100 percent polyurethane Arena suit, while Phelps stuck with last year's LZR Racer from Speedo because of contract obligations.

I believe however, that FINA did the right thing. Last year a UCLA swimmer and Olympian for Singapore Nicolette Teo, blogged about her troubles getting her suit on before a race, and that it affected her race prep, and her results. Why should a $550 suit, which can only be used a few times and be prone to breaking, be used in a sport? Why should there still be an equipement gap among a sports' best athletes?

It's like if Nike made an awesome basketball sneaker, but it cost a lot and could tend to break apart in a game. and some non-Nike ballers couldn't use the best technology and were getting blown out, thanks to contract obligations.
the pros are far outweighed by the cons.