Sexist?-Bikini clad dancers stir up storm at Olympic beach volleyball

[underpants]

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=565280§ion=news

ATHENS (Reuters) - A bikini-clad team of cheerleaders at the Olympic beach volleyball tournament are not proving popular with everyone.

Australian player Nicole Sanderson was not impressed. "It's disrespectful to have other girls in bikinis out there dancing," she said while her partner, Sydney gold medallist Natalie Cook, said that if there were men out on the court dancing it could equal things out.

The "dance team", which performs in between sets, matches and at most time-outs, is a common sight on the international beach volleyball tour but rare at traditional Olympic events.

On the first day of the Athens preliminary-round matches, the dancers revved up the boisterous, beer-drinking crowd of several thousand who clapped, cheered and sang along to "Highway to Hell" between points.


And you thought you were going to get out of this thread without a picture :spank:

[GOPisEvil]

1. Ya know...I wondered about this too.

The Olympics needs dance teams? :wtf:

[JohnKleeb]

4. yeah weird

they could be of better use at our high schools heh.

[mrboba1]

8. dude - do you ever sleep?

:hi:

[JohnKleeb]

15. dude I am at work right now

Of course I sleep, very very little though. I havent been assigned anything so I am studying for my permit too and doing work when I get assigned it. BTW girls volleyball won and I declared victory today, anyone who voted for it is invited to the victory party. Yeah I do sleep, a ton on weekends, I stay up late to do dress rehearsals.

[mrboba1]

28. I ask cause I saw a post at 3 something and then again

this am. I thought- good god - he's a freakin vampire!

[JohnKleeb]

29. I start my job early in the day like most people

Already been employed thrice in my life time and I just turned 17. Hah, I am no vamp, as the old song goes, we all go for the sun, and I plan to take another trip to Ocean City this weekend with my dad and brother. Maybe practice driving while there possibly because I apply for my permit tommorow. Insomaniac not a vampire heh, really if I had it my way I would be getting up at noon everyday, I wouldnt be on as much if my PC games worked too heh, damn computer but the lounge is so fun.

[mrboba1]

34. well, I'm glad you're here.

Who else could we tease about bologna and speedos...
:evilgrin:

p.s. Guess what I have for lunch?
:evilgrin:

[JohnKleeb]

37. hah thanks

I got plenty of other stuff to be teased about too. Sure something will come up though but I want someone else to be the butt of the lounge tonight, its too tiring to be that on your own.

[MercutioATC]

21. No, he spends his evenings eating bologna in a Speedo...

:hi:

Hi Kleeb!

[JohnKleeb]

26. hey morning

nah I had a burger last night from BK.I am a somewhat insomniac but it helps me prepare for college ironically enough. bolonga, speedos :scared: but in the end all is good, because girls volleyball triumphed over men's swimming by a nice margin, 57-40.

[MercutioATC]

30. I missed the volleyball :(

I don't usually like BK, but if you like chicken, their "Tendercrisp chicken sandwich" is actually pretty good.

[JohnKleeb]

31. I know, had it before

Havent decided on lunch yet today though. Had my typical meal of a sandwhich, fries, and a coke yesterday. I may have Chinese today I guess. Even if you didnt vote, supporters of women's volleyball over men's swimming are allowed to celebrate, its just like being able to celebrate when Bush goes even if you didnt vote.

[MercutioATC]

32. Dude, fast food will kill you if eaten on a regular basis...

Sure, you're young so you won't feel it yet but it'll catch up with you. Have some soup or a salad or something every once in a while (fries don't qualify as "eating your vegetables").

[JohnKleeb]

33. Yeah I know

Already feeling it, my opitions are limited though. Once I start school again though, just gonna be a regular meal and I am gonna try to eat breakfast.

[MercutioATC]

35. Breakfast is good. Keeps you from porking down tons of garbage for lunch.

I was the same way in high school and college...

[JohnKleeb]

36. Its hard to eat it though at the time they have us wake up

[MercutioATC]

38. I had some early classes in college. I know what you mean.

Coffee got me jittery in the morning and messed with my stomach, but tea worked great when I didn't have time to eat.

[matcom]

2. YYYAAAYYYYYYYYYYY

i just LOVE the olympics!!

:bounce:

[redqueen]

9. Special Ed?

Is that you?

[Spinzonner]

3. Yes, it definitely ruins the solemnity and decorum

of the game.

Oh please ...

[Screaming Lord Byron]

5. Yeah, as much as I like scantily clad femmes,

this whole sport isn't worthy of the Olympics.

[underpants]

10. What? Beach Volleyball?

I strongly diagree. Not only is it a different game than the "regular" indoor gym volleyball it also is extremely popular and excluding it would keep some great athletes who prefer to play this form of the game from the competition.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

18. Fair enough.

If it were up to me, I'd cut the olympics back to the track and field events, plus a couple of related sports. I never understood why they had soccer and volleyball.

[mrboba1]

6. What's wrong?

was there not enough t & a with just the competitors?!? :shrug:

On a second thought (imagine that!) maybe the competitors are jealous that they aren't the only ones in bikinis!

[NC_Nurse]

7. Cheerleading is an anachronistic

pseudo-sport left over from a time when women could only be supporters and not participants. It's complete bulls*** and they keep trying to turn it into a real sport by trying to make it more about the stunts and less about the cheering. It hangs on because it gives men something to look at if the game is boring.

It needs to die a much deserved death, IMO. :eyes:

You asked....

[underpants]

12. I take it from your post that you don't support cheerleading

:bounce::spank::hi:

[NC_Nurse]

40. How did you guess?

I have to admit I'm not much for sports of any kind, at least the big corporate BS they've become anyway.
I just have always felt that it's pretty transparent to have a "sport" which only exists to cheer on another sport - and it screams the old "behind every man - there's a supportive woman" who is right where she should be- supporting him and staying in the background.

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[midnight armadillo]

16. There are efforts to make it an Olympic sport

Yes, cheerleading as an Olympic sport. The problem is, it's really only ever seen in the US, which makes it tough to get into an international competition. I hope I never live to see the day when there's an Olympic gold medal for cheering.

[truthspeaker]

11. so bring on the male dancers to balance it out!

I'm all for equal time.

[redqueen]

13. That sounds like a solution we can all live with

just as long as they're wearing sufficiently skimpy attire. :)

[underpants]

14. Here ya go

[redqueen]

25. No, more like this

[underpants]

27. Less style though

:bounce:

[onebigbadwulf]

17. Volleyball shouldnt be in the olympics anyway

why not make it even more ridiculous? Who cares.

[AngryAmish]

19. What's wrong with being sexy?

[underpants]

20. Not SEXY....SEXIST!!!

[JuniperLea]

23. should that be in the olympics?

being sexy? and couldn't they play that game in another 'uniform'? it looks like pansy-assed volleyball to me. not at all like the beach volleyball i grew up watching at the beaches in LA. it was brutal!

[Bronco69]

22. One sure sign I'm a gay man...

When I look at that picture, all I can think is "I hope that one on the left shaved really close. I'll bet she gets stubble easily and that would be embarrassing."

[Paragon]

24. Do I think it's unnecessary? Yes. Do I think some here will overreact?

Absolutely.

[Radical Activist]

39. A lot of sports would benefit from bikini clad cheerleaders...like Golf

It would be my only reason to watch Golf on TV, which I would otherwise describe as a kind of torture. It could help baseball too.

[JohnKleeb]

41. hah you got a point