USAT reply regarding Bare Torso rule

Yippee! Thanks for sharing.

Now you need go back to your RD at St. As and inform him that there is no such rule.

One thing I can say about USAT, is that they are responsive. From my initial inquiry, I got several responses from Skip, our regional president, the Director of Rules, and other ranking officials. And evidently they are heeding the negative feedback to the proposed rule.

I'll definitely pass this one on to them.  There's a forum post on the St. A's website stating that they are not going to "enforce" this rule this year.  Yet, they emailed everyone to make them aware of the new no Bare Torso rule. 

Its going to be interesting to see how this race goes in the post-McFessel (sp?) era in Tampa Bay.

....off topic....I just realized that swim wave start times and cap colors are posted on the St.A's website.  I'll be wearing pink this year.  *chuckle*   yellow!  Yay!  (looks for that cup of coffee)

That's a much nicer response than when he was telling us he had nothing to do with the decision so there was nothing he could do about it but that he was ok with the rule because it gave the sport a bad image to have fat triathletes running around without their shirts on.

that's paraphrasing, but not by much.

the St A's RD posted on the forums there that they ain't following the rule, so go ahead and leave the shirt at home.

I think I copied his reply in another thread...

Just make sure what you DO wear is in good taste!

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When did this rule change then?  Its a USAT rule now right?

The WTC does have a "no naked torso" rule that applies to all (I think) of their Ironman-branded races.

I'm encouraged to read your post for a few reasons:

1. Firstly, its good of you to be so involved in the rules and legislation of our sport. Well done Sir. People who take the time to be actively involved help make our sport bettr for everyone, and I appreciate that.

2. This mirrors my consistent experiences with USAT and now USA Triathlon: Top notch. My first communicatin with them as an athlete was back in 1985 when it was called "Tri-Fed" and they were good then. They've only gotten better. Since then I've had the pleasure to work with their marketing and event production crew and they are outstanding. We're lucky to have a good national governing body for our sport. No organization is perfect and I hear criticisms of USA Triathlon but in general I give the organization and the people in it very high marks.