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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It seems petty to even respond to this thread and Berddog's concern about seeing peoples' bodies at a swim meet. Geez... who cares. It is not a big deal. It has nothing to do with right and wrong unless one has been conditioned to think that seeing parts of the body are "bad." Huh?
Granted, some displays may seem tacky in style, but it has nothing to do with blurring the lines between right and wrong; if so we might as well apply that judgment to people who wear poorly fitting clothes or mismatched colors. We don't say they are blurring the line between right and wrong. Bodies are okay. Swimmers tend to be comfortable with their bodies. Relax.
If you don't want to see bodies, swim meets are probably not a great place to be.
It seems petty to even respond to this thread and Berddog's concern about seeing peoples' bodies at a swim meet. Geez... who cares. It is not a big deal. It has nothing to do with right and wrong unless one has been conditioned to think that seeing parts of the body are "bad." Huh?
Granted, some displays may seem tacky in style, but it has nothing to do with blurring the lines between right and wrong; if so we might as well apply that judgment to people who wear poorly fitting clothes or mismatched colors. We don't say they are blurring the line between right and wrong. Bodies are okay. Swimmers tend to be comfortable with their bodies. Relax.
If you don't want to see bodies, swim meets are probably not a great place to be.
