What if all Olympics were photographed like beach

[ttt]

This is awesome:

www.metro.us/philadelphia/international/article/1148979


We were browsing Getty Images last week for images of Olympic beach volleyball when we came upon something interesting.

And by "interesting," we mean "kind of gross."

Check out these results:







This got us thinking: What if all Olympic sports were photographed this way? We decided to find out.

Basketball




Diving



Gymnastics









Swimming





Track and Field




Wrestling

[mcsangel2]

::distracted::

What was the question?

[overture]

I would have no problem with that.

[emilyj]

I saw this, laughed my ass off and sent it to my dissertation advisor. We've written 2 papers on beach volleyball so far, and this article just highlights how ridiculous the media is about covering it.

NBC did a "Bodies of the Olympics" video montage this year that was like soft core porn - with soft core porn music. It was AWFUL. When I get back to my computer I'll post it.

[overture]

Emily, any idea why they wear those bikini bottoms? They seem to be always adjusting them and they don't look comfortable.

[pixy0stix]

More swimming please.

[emmybean]

I'll just drop this here, so the beach volleyball ladies can feel inferior.

[ttt]

Aug 15, 2012 23:18:00 GMT -5 emmybean said:

I'll just drop this here, so the beach volleyball ladies can feel inferior.

Holy crap who is that???

[emilyj]

Aug 15, 2012 23:15:35 GMT -5 overture said:

Emily, any idea why they wear those bikini bottoms? They seem to be always adjusting them and they don't look comfortable.

Misty May and Kerry Walsh have said they prefer them to shorts because the tight bottoms don't get in the way of their arms (like hands catching on short hems) and if they wore shorts, they'd get full of sand all the time.

I don't know. I would think the perma-wedgie would distract the hell out of me, but maybe that's just me. I wore leotards for gymnastics and speedos for diving and my butt was never out that much.

[emmybean]

Also, dudes' butts and wangs are a lot less fun to look at that lady ass. Its an indisputable fact.

[emmybean]

Aug 15, 2012 23:20:38 GMT -5 ttt said:

Aug 15, 2012 23:18:00 GMT -5 emmybean said:

I'll just drop this here, so the beach volleyball ladies can feel inferior.

Holy crap who is that???

I don't know but she is my role model.

[overture]

I don't know which one is fake, but I am disappointed either way.

[EloiseWeenie]

Aug 15, 2012 23:28:38 GMT -5 emmybean said:

Aug 15, 2012 23:20:38 GMT -5 ttt said:

Holy crap who is that???

I don't know but she is my role model.

I would kill to have her body. I know I have that ass somewhere under my layer of blubber.

[emmybean]

Aug 15, 2012 23:41:50 GMT -5 overture said:

I don't know which one is fake, but I am disappointed either way.

Well that just ruined my night.

I want my brazil girls ass!!!

Which, based on where I got it (a male dominated revitish/4channy type fb page) is more than likely the fake.

[blindyswife]

Aug 15, 2012 23:28:04 GMT -5 emmybean said:

Also, dudes' butts and wangs are a lot less fun to look at that lady ass. Its an indisputable fact.

QFT

[eclaires]

My guess is that at this point, they're used to ignoring the wedgie, so to switch it up now would interfere with their game.

I can see the argument for sand though and catching your hands on the shorts. I know for awhile (like when I was in high school), volleyball uniforms at my school were basically hipster/boyshort style underwear. I don't know what they look like now, though.

[kadams767]

Aug 16, 2012 8:48:31 GMT -5 @littlemoxie said:

Aug 15, 2012 23:15:35 GMT -5 overture said:

Emily, any idea why they wear those bikini bottoms? They seem to be always adjusting them and they don't look comfortable.

In my unprofessional and unsolicited opinion, i always assumed it was tradition. I mean, it started as something fun to do on the beach, where you wear bikinis. Before it was a professional sport it was just one optional beach activity among others for which you would also want to wear a bikini.

Then it became the sport's uniform (helped along by advertisers of course). There is no reason you need a collared shirt for golf, but that persists, you know?

The sand thing is a good point, but I still don't see why that would exclude bottoms with more coverage, like running briefs.

I agree with the tradition point for the beach, but also want to point out that women's indoor teams used to wear bum huggers as well, not spandex shorts.

Like these:

[eclaires]

Yes! That's what we had in high school. They became really popular right after I finished my 8th grade club ball year. I distinctly remember the "best" (most expensive, usually dominant) club ball team had them and I was jealous.

[kadams767]

I never really got into playing beach, but those stupid bum huggers were so uncomfortable. It was kind of like wearing a diaper. And they seem like they'd be very hot on the beach. I'm sure materials have come a long way since I wore them, but I was so thrilled when we switched to spandex.