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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I guess it's just a further example of blurring the lines between right and wrong.
Didn't know the human body was "wrong"...
And I have recently had a deck official tell one of our seniors that their suit was "disgusting"... This was the same meet where I was harassed by officials, meet manager and deck workers for shooting video of one of my swimmers during their races (camera zone signs were not posted). I specifically had a request by the swimmer to shoot her event. I was shooting by the turn end and down at the water. I had an official aggressively get in my face and had a deck worker ask if "I was actively coaching" while shooting. Im a coach, I have a bg check and was obviously shooting the swimmer in the water.
I have seen more "power trip" officials in the past year than I have seen in my entire swimming career. You know what I find discussing and unacceptable? A starter/official who leaves the starting area to scream (red in the face) at an 8 year old because she was confused and stepped up next to the block in the wrong heat. Way to represent swimming... Some guy's crack seems totally trivial to this type of behavior.
I guess it's just a further example of blurring the lines between right and wrong.
Didn't know the human body was "wrong"...
And I have recently had a deck official tell one of our seniors that their suit was "disgusting"... This was the same meet where I was harassed by officials, meet manager and deck workers for shooting video of one of my swimmers during their races (camera zone signs were not posted). I specifically had a request by the swimmer to shoot her event. I was shooting by the turn end and down at the water. I had an official aggressively get in my face and had a deck worker ask if "I was actively coaching" while shooting. Im a coach, I have a bg check and was obviously shooting the swimmer in the water.
I have seen more "power trip" officials in the past year than I have seen in my entire swimming career. You know what I find discussing and unacceptable? A starter/official who leaves the starting area to scream (red in the face) at an 8 year old because she was confused and stepped up next to the block in the wrong heat. Way to represent swimming... Some guy's crack seems totally trivial to this type of behavior.
