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As a swimmer and swim official, this is particularly offensive to me. If anyone ever did that at a swim meet for which I was the referee, I would DQ them.

If I attended that meet and saw what he did, i'd be on the railing booing as soon as the anthem was finished.

Today about 95% of our college professors are registered USA hating Democrats/Socialists who are brainwashing our future educators and leaders to believe that socialism is great and capitalism is bad. They also teach them that the white race is holding them down and they are entitled to other peoples hard earned money. We need another McCarthy to get rid of all the Communists in our education system and in the entertainment business.

They should be disqualified from competition if they do. They should be informed of that ahead of time.

LOL. Yeah, right.

Good God I hope not Geno, sure won't be the Pens kneeling...but I said that about the Steelers too

Agreed in full. In fact, the Olympics is in part a substitution for war. It is a means to pit nations against each Other, without using bullets and bombs. Many of the events have a history in war. The hammer throw, the skiing and shooting (biathlon?) Marathon races come from the plains of Marathon where a messenger ran 26miles to report, then died on the spot. Javilan throw, (just to name a few) all get thier start in warfare.
It clearly is not the first time the Olympics has been a focus of political tensions though.

Same here but I'm not a ref. Grew up swimming competitively through HS and college.

I had a good friend that was a top notch competitive swimmer, he used to shave down his whole body including head...he said hair slowed you down, we called him Caine (David Carradine-Kung Fu Show)....I think he just liked to shave

Off topic but... We'd do that for the final meet of the season. Head, armpits, chest, legs, everything. It wasn't because hair created drag- it was both psychological and it'll sound weird to anyone that hasn't done it but you can really "feel" the water. Get done shaving and put your pants on, they come right on. Slip into bed and slide out the other side. Lemme tell ya, if you think your woman's stubble is bad after a day or two of her not shaving her legs, nothing compares to your man-stubble the next morning after shaving. That'll wake your ass up quick.

I noticed in the Olympics last year they're still shaving but the tendency to shave the head has been put aside and the guys wear caps now. They didn't 10-15 years ago- they'd shave the head.

And [bleep] Anthony Ervin.

Most just use a cap and go hairy until right before the meet.

Shaving on-site will get a swimmer DQ’d.

Yea I never called him on it, if he wanted to shave to swim him best...what do I know ?, I was baseball and track.

He was a great guy, dead too early at 23 yrs old...His name was Mark Ball, always said he'd name his first kid "Harry"....we laughed our azzes off

PS: After he shaved his head the first time, his hair never grew back right...he was stuck always shaving it till the end.

If this gets out, I wonder what'll happen to people donating to the Olympic teams. They might take a big financial hit.

There's not much to "get out" right now, I'm just predicting we'll see some kneeling during the US anthem at the winter Olympics. Seems to the the "in thing."

Unreal, but I agree it's coming...they are getting attention, that's all that matters to them.

I'm quickly seeing this as the red line in the social sand issue between the real Americans and the hate-America left, or their brainwashed Army. This 50/50 division in this country will only get more emphatic. And the fate of this nation, I'm afraid, depends on the outcome. People may think I'm being too dramatic but this social war has been in the making for decades. I just think this particular issue is where the final battle begins. I hate to say it, but the enemy has been winning this war for decades. That's why electing someone as anti-PC as Trump shocks their collective nervous system so much. Their used to getting their way, and he represents a threat to that.

You older guys will remember John Carlos and Tommy Smith giving a black power salute on the medal podium at the '68 summer Olympics. All hell broke loose that time. Now it would just pass over most people.

Black Panther salute

More likely, they'll cheer enthusiastically.

We needs an executive order stating that the new approved sign of reverence to the flag is to drop to one knee, thereby showing submission to the State...or better yet a Tweet.

JT Brown from Tampa has been holding his fist in the air. He just came out yesterday that he will stop and is actually going to put his protest into action by doing ride alongs with the police and working with groups from the black community.