The Big Shoulders swim, held in Chicago Sept 6th. Offered the new look in USMS sanctioned swims, political partianship. For a link to the discussion go here http:/.../showthread.php This is the same organization that is running next years Nationals. USMS, you need to address this.
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Well, yeah, but how many race shirts do you get that suck? I mean, putting a political candidate on a shirt didn't make it the first shirt your meet fees paid for that sucked, right?
There's always the risk you're paying for a shirt you don't like and will never wear. I have many, and I shall never want when I am looking for rags to wax the car!
In some running races now they give you the option of paying less to enter if you don't want the shirt. I like that!
I realize not all meet shirts are class acts that you would wear on a regular basis but I can honestly say that I have never gotten a shirt from a meet that I would flat out not wear to the gym, while doing yard work, working in the barn, at the beach, at another swim meet, etc...
maybe it's because I'm 22 years old and love t-shirts for those above purposes....
But, I would NOT wear that shirt in public regardless...I am a republican, but it doesn't really matter to me...I wouldn't have worn a McCain shirt either....I think politics and sports mixing is ridiculous and I wouldn't want to be at the gym or something and have to explain my absurd shirt to someone.
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Well, yeah, but how many race shirts do you get that suck? I mean, putting a political candidate on a shirt didn't make it the first shirt your meet fees paid for that sucked, right?
There's always the risk you're paying for a shirt you don't like and will never wear. I have many, and I shall never want when I am looking for rags to wax the car!
In some running races now they give you the option of paying less to enter if you don't want the shirt. I like that!
I realize not all meet shirts are class acts that you would wear on a regular basis but I can honestly say that I have never gotten a shirt from a meet that I would flat out not wear to the gym, while doing yard work, working in the barn, at the beach, at another swim meet, etc...
maybe it's because I'm 22 years old and love t-shirts for those above purposes....
But, I would NOT wear that shirt in public regardless...I am a republican, but it doesn't really matter to me...I wouldn't have worn a McCain shirt either....I think politics and sports mixing is ridiculous and I wouldn't want to be at the gym or something and have to explain my absurd shirt to someone.
