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...
While we're on the subject, the same bunch of prudes that are preaching guys shouldn't wear conventional speedos because they are some how immodest (show too much of the upper leg and purportedly accentuate the male anatomy) now want guys to wear jammers (or tech suits) -both of which create that absolutely awful looking "Bulge" in the groin area!!!
What a bunch of hypocrites!!! :bump:
D2
After swimming from age 14 through college, I had not worn a suit other than a racing brief in all of those years. Two years later I graduated from law school and started into law practice. One of my new partners invited me and my girlfriend to have dinner and swim at his new house. I wore my speedo brief and did not think anything about it. He and his wife didn't appear to think anything of it. His 4 year old little girl, however, came to me when I was out of the water and pointed to the bulge in my suit and said "what's that." I said, "It's my swim suit." She said "no, what's in your swim suit."
That pretty well through me off so I did the best I could to divert the conversation and said "you need to ask your dad." Not to be deterred she said "no, my daddy doesn't have one of those."
Luckily, her mother intervened and moved the conversation in a different direction.
While we're on the subject, the same bunch of prudes that are preaching guys shouldn't wear conventional speedos because they are some how immodest (show too much of the upper leg and purportedly accentuate the male anatomy) now want guys to wear jammers (or tech suits) -both of which create that absolutely awful looking "Bulge" in the groin area!!!
What a bunch of hypocrites!!! :bump:
D2
After swimming from age 14 through college, I had not worn a suit other than a racing brief in all of those years. Two years later I graduated from law school and started into law practice. One of my new partners invited me and my girlfriend to have dinner and swim at his new house. I wore my speedo brief and did not think anything about it. He and his wife didn't appear to think anything of it. His 4 year old little girl, however, came to me when I was out of the water and pointed to the bulge in my suit and said "what's that." I said, "It's my swim suit." She said "no, what's in your swim suit."
That pretty well through me off so I did the best I could to divert the conversation and said "you need to ask your dad." Not to be deterred she said "no, my daddy doesn't have one of those."
Luckily, her mother intervened and moved the conversation in a different direction.
