cheercurl
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- Dec 14, 2009
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It would be a gyms obligation to make sure their uniform met the requirements of ALL Brands. There is no way a gym is going to risk getting a uniform deduction from any brand. If they take the risk...then they deserve the deduction.Point taken.
What I will say, though, is that I don't think this rule can be managed via "deductions" or a vague policy. Because then every EP's going to have a different standard and leave things open to interpretation (sometimes between events run by the same producer) and then you'll have chaos. It'd be far more likely that some team would get penalized at a major competition for uniforms they wore all year.
If it's going to be a rule, it needs to be a rule that has clear guidelines on what constitutes a legal uniform, and a consistent, across-the-board penalty if you violate those rules. The USASF is the only logical governing body that can come up with a rule and then at least have a prayer of ensuring it's enforced.
Now does that mean that EP's can still get the interpretation of the rule wrong? Of course, they can, and they very well might. And we can argue whether the rules they came up with are too restrictive. But I support the concept.
I want to make it clear that I prefer crop tops but this is not a make or break it kind of thing for me. The gym that we are at exclusively has long tops and always has. I am ok with that.
I am just not for creating a blanket mandate for a small sector of people who don't understand the words revealing or inappropriate. I really think most gym owners are a very intelligent group that could come to a reasonable consensus of whats appropriate all on their own. If a gym was unable to do that...their first BIG uniform deduction would have them scrambling to comply and I would have very little sympathy for them.
In the above scenario only the umm unintelligent who could not figure what's appropriate would reap the consequences instead of an entire nation of gyms. Can you see the logic in that?