Does this annoy you?

[Shadow Man]

It is fairly obvious to anybody with seven brain cells that all professional atheletically powered sports require a degree of fitness.

It is therefore equally obvious that said sportsmen will have a fit and healthy body. Even the notable media stereotyped "fatties" like Jan Molby, Sir Ian Botham and Gazza still had a fairly good physique compared to the vast majority of normal people.

Why, therefore, do sportmen, inparticularly footballers and 100 meters sprinters take their sports top off at the nearest available opportunity.

I refer to players being substituted or after the whistle has blown. It's straight off with the shirt so the Sky Sports can see their pecs and latts. But the most annoying is the sprinters who do not even break sweat. As soon as they are over the finishing line it's off with the lycra top. Why??

Can they not wait for the twenty second walk to the changing rooms?

The world can see they already have a perfect body. I think this is a recent phenomena. I can not recall Allan Wells, Roger Black or the supreme Daley Thompson doing this. And I think it is safe to say that Daley Thompson had one of the fittest looking bodies ever, and I never even saw his naked torso.

Does this peac0ck display of male bravado annoy you as well? In my youth it is fair to say I had a fairly healthy looking body, but apart from the beach NEVER took my shirt off in public.

Rant over.

[dot.hawkes]

yes it's awful and i have lost count of how many times i have sat here watching them peel off those damp shirts and use them to wipe the sweat from their toned torsos and thought, tut, how annoying : ((

[Shadow Man]

Madam Hawkes, is there a slight hue of sarcasm in your answer?

[mrrobbo15]

i think its cuz the lycra chaffs their delicate skin....

[cazzz1975]

well there are several reasons why in my opinion...

1) they are hot and sweaty, when I do sport I cant get my clothes off fast enough once I have to change, obviously not being a man I cant just take off my top outside!!

2) they work hard and have no personal body hang ups and people who are like that dont have any qualms about removing clothes, I dont see it as showing off but, that said if they work hard to get the body they have then they have every right to show it.
just as we all take pride in our own accomplishments, they take pride in the work thats given them a good body

[dot.hawkes]

that's the same thing i said pretty much cazzz lol

[bobtheturkey]

i suppose if you have got it flaunt it and it helps with a few more sponsorship deals, and daley thompson did have one of the largest egos known to mankind

[cazzz1975]

most of our "atheletes" have a lot more attention than is deserved...look at eddie the eagle, made a hero for finishing 6th, tim henman , tessa sanderson all rubbish...

[mrrobbo15]

tessa sauderson was good........think she won olyimpic gold

[bobtheturkey]

much as i dislike tim henman cazz he was as high as number 4 in the world and that is one hell of an achievement with the depth in mens tennis, plus he made 5 grand slam semi finals and was top 10 consistently for a number of years all done with those silly women baying and shouting at wimbledon, and tessa Saunderson was an olympic champion which was the pinnacle of her sport

[bobtheturkey]

better example would be jenson b.u.tton who has achieved nothing

[Youravonlady]

I dont mind them taking their tops off - just wish they would stop spitting.

[cazzz1975]

she should have won something after 20 odd years in the sport...

[bobtheturkey]

she was up against one of my ex's fatima whitbread

[cazzz1975]

jenson is tied into a cr@ppy contract with the almost pedestrian honda, fair play as well I just dont like all the henmania and all the overrated talk over one medal (sanderson), I had no idea that henman could play tennis outside of the uk?!

[mrrobbo15]

you could say the same about kelly holmes and sally gunnell

yeah jenson button....ideal waste of time

[cazzz1975]

bob, Im guessing she went on top

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39288000/jp g/_39288173_fatima1987_300x300.jpg

[cazzz1975]

kriss akabusi and his big laughing

[bobtheturkey]

yes and i had to stay there

[Katie~77]

Why have I never noticed all these people taking their clothes off????? Bob, you are one lucky chap!!!!!x