See, I think that's all just marketing competition. I don't know that "the Danskin experience" equates solely to the presence of Maggie Sullivan and Sally Edwards. It just looks like a big ugly power and money struggle to me. If there's another side to it, it would be good to know what that is. I don't think the head to head competition serves athletes very well, but it could be that there's some merit to it that I don't understand/don't know about.
"My predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved;I have been given much and I have given something in return...Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and an adventure." O. Sacks