Ok, this is my last rant against spandex, please feel free to argue with me =) . . .

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Hot girls in spandex draws a lot of fans to women's volleyball. This is a fact. It's more obvious in beach vb, but it's the same indoors.

I think that because women's volleyball relies so heavily on sex appeal is not getting the respect it deserves as a valid sport.

Have you heard jokes about the WNBA? People don't watch it very much, and the fan base is not great. This is kind of sad because they are terrific athletes.

I feel like women's volleyball has tried to sidestep those problems by making the players wear spandex.

To you girls who are fine with how your sport is often marketed with your good-looking bodies...

I have this to say-
You girls are athletes.
Don't you want people to take you and your sport more seriously?
Crazygirl, what do you think of surferboy's comment?

He is one of the people you could attract to your game by wearing spandex. However, he has little or no respect for you and your sport.
Monica, I kind of agree with you.
 
its more than just that. sure its degrading at times but you have to think of how much money was put into the events themselves. if no one comes to the games then the players have to pay for the lose. If your team isn't bringing in enough people to the games the team itself might get canceled and where would those athletes be. so by making it all about the players you cant really know the whole truth about the sport
 
i like the beach vollieball better but watev.... i play vollie ball though it takes almost no skill to play
 
First of all I think that surfer boy doesn’t play volleyball for a team maybe just messing around with his friends and probably doesn’t know the proper way to hit or bump that’s why he is saying that it takes little skill so in reality he has never played with any of the rules so he is ignorant in that sense…. And I think either way men are going to go to the games for those reasons but others actually know the sport and want to watch for the skills and for the competitive excitement….. and I don’t think that the only reason for wearing spandex is for the sex appeal… the fact that spandex is secure to your body and loose clothing can get in the way of performance
 
they come for our good looks, they stay for our intense rallies and awesome kills. why does the world have to be so sheltered anyway? what can a showing a little skin do? you seem like the only one obsessed with this. the girls like spandex the guys like spandex everyone is happy. and what about bikers they wear spandex, like that armstrong guy and my uncle, spandex wearers! give it up no ones asking you to wear spandex. only fattys don't like it. Whats life if you don't pull your shorts down and slide on the ice?

edit- hes an idiot who doesnt know what hes talkin about. and what would i care about one kid in the stand checking me out? i take it as a compliment actually.
 
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