rrheisler wrote:
It's mostly column B -- I think we're making a mountain out of a mole hill here. It's a set of rules that, on the surface, appear to be written to outlaw Skipper's set-up and jersey stuffing. I find it hard to believe they are going to suddenly DQ half of the age group field.
But, we won't know until they actually start enforcing the rules. Nobody thought the zipper thing was a big deal 8 or so years ago until pros suddenly had to safety pin their kits together if the zipper broke (looking at you, Jessie Thomas) and guys suddenly had sports bras made to get around the torso coverage limits.
That and I think Jimmy's pretty darn busy with RaceRanger and checking everybody's running shoes. ;)
you're probably right that none of the stuff considered normal a year or so back is going to be an issue, just the recent more extreme skipper like innovations.
however thats not to say we're making a big deal about nothing - a rule that means virtually every athlete turning up to an IM race
could be DSQed is not a molehill. we want to be confident about what we can and cannot do so that when we spend time and money prepping for that race we aren't losing sleep about the possibility of an overly officious official
i would guess that most anything commercially available in reasonable quantities, used as intended, is probably ok (or will be explicitly called out if not) but some custom stuff eg the huge mono-extension things and non-standard use of things will be up for examination
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