......which make you appear quite ignorant and racist.
I have nothing further to say to you about this manner. It's one of your usual attempts to attack and derail discussions I start every time you disagree with me.
I asked your opinion about long beards on White vs Black man.
I did not ask for your opinion about me as I don't value it and I believe I have let you know that before. As usual, you can't focus on the topic and can only turn interactions into a personal attack.
Guess I had better take a screen shot of this as it will likely be deleted.
LOL.....only two pages and apparently you under phantom attacks and possibly been stalked?
Though my ex had/has facial hair and my son only shaves when I influence him to do so for something specific (working for me, crossing the border), I do prefer a clean cut look. Last time the Black Us immigration agents at Pearson were mostly young and they had beards. The guy who checked us through wasn't much older than my son and he has a beard and said he was going for a trim the next day. I guess there will be no more shaving next time he crosses the border
Anyway let me continue.
While no official decision has been made, according to Hockey Canada, Yzerman asked players in 2010 not to wear any facial hair while skating for their country at theVancouver Olympics.
Hockey Canada president and CEO Bob Nicholson supported the decision by Yzerman to ask for no beards.
“He wants everyone to be respectable and we’ve never had an issue with this,” Nicholson said.
A no-beard request would not sit well with some fur-loving fans.
Jared Crozier, who describes himself online as a diehard Ottawa Senators fan, has called for the Olympic players to begin immediately growing their “playoff beards.”
To him, playoff beards have become symbolic of the Stanley Cup playoff battles, and he believes this tradition should be carried over into Team Canada’s fight for gold in Sochi. It would be a good “team-building exercise,” he suggests on the websitesenshot.com.The Canadian Olympic Committee has no restrictions on any athlete wearing a beard at the Olympics. The International Olympic Committee has no problem either. The only sport that bans beards in Olympic competition is boxing.
Nicholson said that Hockey Canada has a written policy for the under-18 and under-20 junior teams that they cannot have beards during international competitions. There is a dress code for those players as well.
In 2010, Yzerman called everyone to discuss the matter. “Last time, we had ongoing calls with the players,” Nicholson explained.
At the recent world junior championships, all the Canadians wore jackets and ties to games, and the Hockey Canada boss noted that the Canadian team was the best-dressed team at the championships, held in Sweden.
Yzerman has come clean since he played for Team Canada at the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics. At those Games, where the Canadian men won hockey gold, Yzerman wore facial hair that at least resembled a beard.
“That might have taken him all year to grow. He still can’t grow one,” Nicholson said, laughing.
Curiously, the San Jose Sharks’ Joe Thornton — who has saved lots of money on razor blades over the years — was a controversial snub when the Olympic roster was named this week. Looking at team photos from the 2010 Olympics, while there is certainly some 5 o’clock shadow on more than a few of the players, Thornton is the only one on the team with a true beard.
Before any hair-raising complaints come in, we’re not suggesting for a minute that his beard had anything to do with the fact that Yzerman left him off the team this time. We’re sure it’s just a coincidence.
I guess the title should have been bearded athletes.
Anyway, if a White man is very hairy, it is best he keep the beards low and the hair short so he doesn't end up looking scruffy and coming off like Grizzly Adams.
I say athletes should keep it low or nix the beards and go for a clean cut look.
Who is that US swimmer who wore a beard for the Olympics one year? I remember the sportscasters commenting it was inappropriate. It was not at the last Olympics but the one before.
Goodness. Oh my gosh this IS quit the story I have stumbled onto. I had no idea. There is a whole Sports Illustrated gallery related to NHL players with play off beards.
playoff beards are in full bloom. Buffalo's Chris Drury and Ottawa's Mike Fisher continue the fuzzy tradition that is widely credited to the New York Islanders of the early 1980s. They refused to shave until the Stanley Cup was theirs.
So, sexy or shaggy and sloppy...what's the verdict?
Looks are so subjective. Some the white men you posted look quite nice with their beards while others don't. In general, I'm not a fan of beards as they rarely look good on any man, regardless of color.
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