 AP Photo/Keystone/Peter Schneider As an active duty Navy family, we are definitely feeling the strain of the economy and military cutbacks. With all this talk about the struggling middle class, who would have thought that rich guys like Ralph Lauren are in the financial hurt locker? I mean, why else would he feel the need to pinch pennies by having the US Olympic Team uniforms made in China? The poor guy must be clipping coupons for foie gras and hitting early bird specials at Le Bernardin. Otherwise, he surely wouldn’t have made a deal with the country that is currently our biggest Olympic, economic and political rival to design and manufacture our team uniforms. Right? And, did anyone else notice that, despite the absence of stars and stripes, the US Olympic uniforms are emblazoned with HUGE Polo logos? Ralph Lauren must be financially strapped if he felt the need to shamelessly promote his brand at the expense of patriotism. Bless his shriveled, greedy little heart, he must really be strapped for cash. But to be fair, Ralph’s not the only one committing Olympic fashion faux pas this year. The Spaniards are being accused of wearing McDonald’s uniforms, the reserved Brits are blinged out in metallic, and the stern Germans are uncharacteristically warm and fuzzy in baby blue and pastel pink. Are we in some sort of Twilight Zone of haberdashery or am I missing something here? If the Olympic Opening Ceremony’s Parade of Nations wasn’t bizarre enough, the uniforms worn by athletes during competitions has me wondering whether pole dancing might soon be added as an Olympic event. Most striking are the women’s beach volleyball uniforms, which consist of booty-revealing bottoms that are about four square inches short of being thongs, and the tiniest sports bras ever made. And apparently track “shorts” are now pass├® — runners wear bikini underwear instead. Similarly, our women’s diving team suits have extremely high-cut leg openings which expose the athletes’ buttocks and guarantee a turbo wedgie with every dive. What’s the practical rationale for showing so much flesh? Was the fabric creating performance issues for these athletes? Too much drag perhaps? Based on how many times I’ve seen them reach back to pull their uniforms out of their rear ends, I highly doubt that the athletes find that the new thong-like bottoms enhance their performance. Even some male athletes are over-exposed. Take the Men’s Water Polo Team for example. Are they wearing those itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny swim trunks to balance out the un-sexiness of their ridiculous swim bonnets that are fastened with big bows under their chins? They look like what might happen if an Amish cross-dresser got a job at Chippendales. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) Now, if any group of athletes had a reason to expose more flesh, you’d think it would be our Olympic swimmers, who benefit from the smooth hydrodynamics of water against bare skin. But no, for some reason, they are wearing more fabric than ever this year. The men are forgoing skimpy “Speedos” in favor of conservative bicycle shorts, and the women are sporting knee-length wrestling uniforms. Go figure. Other than fencers, whose uniforms not only cover every inch of flesh but also flash dramatically in bright robotic green and red lights making them look like sword-wielding R2D2s, the only other athletes who insist on being totally covered are Olympic archers. In keeping with the ancient tradition of the sport, one might reasonably expect an archer to be simply clad in a bark loin cloth or animal pelt. However, for some unknown reason, they all dress like Gilligan, wearing buttoned up shirts, bucket hats, chinos and boat shoes. I keep wondering when the Skipper’s going to show up and cheer, “Hey Little Buddy!” (REUTERS/Suhaib Salem) As crazy as this year’s Olympic clothing choices seem to be, I can’t rule out the possibility that the attention-getting uniforms might just be a brilliant strategy for better ratings. Be it bare buttocks or bucket hats, I have to admit that I can’t seem to tear my eyes away. Let’s face facts: more viewers lead to better ratings. Better ratings lead to more advertising. More advertising leads to more sales. More sales lead to more money in the pockets of businessmen like poor destitute Ralph Lauren. More money in Ralph’s pocket might keep him from giving our jobs to the Chinese. I’m not sure if that’s top down or bottom up economics, but keeping an eye on Olympians’ bottoms might just be improving our country’s bottom line. If you liked this article, click on the pretty pink circle and vote for Meat & Potatoes of Life as Top Military Mom Blog 2012!
The views expressed in community are solely the opinions of participants, and do not reflect those of What to Expect. Learn more about our guidelines What to Expect has thousands of open discussions happening each day. We work hard to share our most timely and active conversations with you. Archived discussions are usually a bit older and not as active as other community content. We keep them up because there are a ton of great conversations here and we believe you deserve to see them all. I work at a high school and today we took our students to another school to have a BBQ with another class at the pool. While we were there the girls water polo team came out to swim. I could not believe that these young girls had pulled their bathing suits pulled up into their butt so it looked like they were wearing a thong one piece. It wasn't just one or two of them either. It was literally 95% of the girls on the team. It was obvious the suit was not cut that way and they were exposing themselves on purpose. To top it all off they have a male swim coach that clearly has said nothing to them about it. I was shocked and asked one of the swim coaches "why do they have their suits up their butt like that??" And his response was "Oh.. That's the European cut. When the girls are playing sometimes players on the other team will grab their suits and though that's a foul fouls are usually never called so their trying to prevent that." I said "why would players be grabbing the butt of their suits?? That makes no sense. Plus, their not at a game, their swimming laps with their teammates right now so it's unnecessary." he said " A lot of parents and other coaches have an issue with it so there is a campaign going around called 'Fix your suit'" maybe he was hinting to me to join the campaign since I obviously had an issue with it. I looked it up and surely there was a video on YouTube with a few thousand views about young girls exposing themselves like this and how it needs to be stopped. (I linked the video) http://youtu.be/HF0AY_MPjjE What do you think?? Do you think it's ok for highschool water polo girls to be walking around the pool deck with their butt exposed because of the sport they play? 20+ Similar Discussions FoundWe strive to provide you with a high quality community experience. We respect everyone’s right to express their thoughts and opinions as long as they remain respectful of other community members, and meet What to Expect’s Terms of Use. If you feel a message or content violates these standards and would like to request its removal please submit the following information and our moderating team will respond shortly. Please select a reason for escalating this post to the WTE moderators: Are you sure you want to delete your discussion? This action cannot be undone. Are you sure you want to delete your comment? This action cannot be undone. Who are the Group Leaders? A Group Leader is a What to Expect community member who has been selected by our staff to help maintain a positive, supportive tone within a group. Group Leaders communicate with staff moderators and escalate potential violations for review, but they don’t moderate discussions. Group Leaders aren’t expected to spend any additional time in the community, and are not held to a set schedule. Who are the Group Owners? A Group Owner is a member that has initiated the creation of a group to connect with other members to share their journey through the same pregnancy & baby stages. Group Owners uphold the core values of the brand by reporting content that violates the community guidelines. |
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