Went to the Missouri Grand Prix, w my wife and girls, age 12 and 8, to watch some great swimming this past weekend and it was great!
Also recently paid to have a criminal background check as I am an official for USA swimming, so they can make sure I'm not a perv...(I passed...)
I will say this, and I'm really not a prude, but in light of spending 55-60 bucks for the background check, perhaps USA swimming should look at enforcing some simple modesty in the swimmers.
I've never seen so many butt-cracks on the men and butt cheeks on the women in my entire lifelong swimming experience!!!! The fronts of guys suits literally an inch from their "junk" and their butt crack hanging out. Girls with their full butt cheek exposed as their warmup suits were 5 sizes too small and tucked in like a thong.
My 8 yr old daughter and my wife had a 20 something young man wrap his towel around himself, pull off his suit, pull on his underwear, about 5 ft in front of them (and his butt was fully exposed for a brief moment)...
I personally dont care, it bothers me not in the least, but what does bother me is USA is trying to crack down on the pervs, but then allows this...
Just my 2 cents...
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Oh good god are you reading what I wrote?
I'll quit beating a dead horse, if your reading comprehension skills are lacking, I can't fix that. Looking at people in skimpy clothing is not the issue and if that's your conclusion of my statements above, then I can't fix your inability to process the thoughts I voiced.
It sounds from your first post that you think that if USA Swimming is rightly concerned about sexual abuse of athletes by coaches and other adults, that they should also introduce a "modesty police" for suit sizes.
Modesty (or prudishness) is something that today's youth in general are not overly concerned about, and something that elite swimmers have probably never been. So the introduction of burkinis is probably not going to happen, despite Glenn Beck's fear of sharia law.
And deck-changes are about convenience, nothing else. I'm a fat 40+'er, and I'll do 'em as long as it's too far to walk to the locker rooms...
Oh good god are you reading what I wrote?
I'll quit beating a dead horse, if your reading comprehension skills are lacking, I can't fix that. Looking at people in skimpy clothing is not the issue and if that's your conclusion of my statements above, then I can't fix your inability to process the thoughts I voiced.
It sounds from your first post that you think that if USA Swimming is rightly concerned about sexual abuse of athletes by coaches and other adults, that they should also introduce a "modesty police" for suit sizes.
Modesty (or prudishness) is something that today's youth in general are not overly concerned about, and something that elite swimmers have probably never been. So the introduction of burkinis is probably not going to happen, despite Glenn Beck's fear of sharia law.
And deck-changes are about convenience, nothing else. I'm a fat 40+'er, and I'll do 'em as long as it's too far to walk to the locker rooms...
