Jamaal Tinsley paid $250,000 in fines for not showering after practices and games

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Many, many years ago I was surprised to learn that showering after practice or games at the high school level had stopped. I'll date myself but in junior high, in the 70s, showering after PE the first time was a right of passage so to speak. Let alone sports practice and games Everyone undress and get in there. Yep, everyone had a penis. After shower 1 it was like that's the norm. Move on. After football practice it was time to talk BS and laugh. Talk about what's going on in school. Girls. You know.
I don't know when or why that got washed down the drain in Iowa?

Because it needed to go.....

I used to hear that swim lessons were always in the raw. No real reason to have that much teenage boy nudity in the schools. There just isn't
 
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I never showered after practice or games. I always went home and showered. It was way more comfortable. Better shower, had all my products. Way better. Not sure why he had to shower at the facility. I mean when you go to the gym, do you always shower after or do you go home and shower?
 
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I also don't like public showers, but probably wouldn't pay $250,000 to avoid it.

It's weird that NBA and NFL franchises still make everyone shower together rather than have individual stalls that they could easily afford.

In a ****hole dorm in college we had these so yeah, good point.

It was the total norm to shower with teammates in high school etc. and looking back it was such a weird practice. There's a reason they're called 'private parts'.
 

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When I was in middle school, the gym locker room was this long, fairly narrow, room with the shower at one end, and the door at the other, with lockers lined up on the walls. There was a group of these 3 guys who would get into the shower, go to the far wall, start running, and then slide on their bare-ass, along the floor for the entire length of the locker room.

For 7th grade boys, this was clearly the funniest thing that had ever, and would ever occur. We'd stand on the benches in front of the lockers and cheer as these guys slid approximately 30 feet on the nasty, wet floor. It was the highlight of the day, and something that was looked forward to during dodgeball, pickleball, or whatever we were doing in PE.

The fun all came to an end, one fateful day, when one of the sliders, got a bad launch and racked himself on a bench, about 15 feet into his run. It caught him full on in the jimmies, and he immediately started screaming and crying. Someone called for the gym teacher, Miss Gabrielson (late twenties, good looking) and she came running to find this kid, sopping wet, naked and sobbing.

She didn't let any of us leave until she'd had a full explanation of what happened. She didn't see the humor, and we all got in trouble; the sliders for perpetrating the act, and the rest of us for egging it on. I remember having to take the incident report home to my parents. My mother was appalled. My Dad was most concerned that I hadn't been one of the ones sliding bare-assed on the floor. After I assured him that I wasn't, he took it pretty well.
 

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In a ****hole dorm in college we had these so yeah, good point.

It was the total norm to shower with teammates in high school etc. and looking back it was such a weird practice. There's a reason they're called 'private parts'.

Some cultures it is fine, ours isn’t one of those. And it’s not expensive to buy some plastic dividers and some shower curtains.
 

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Weird story. Reggie's being an a-hole for sure. Also I get not wanting to be naked around a bunch of dudes, but just bring some swim trunks with you to practice or something. Can't be that hard to find a work around.
 
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Weird story. Reggie's being an a-hole for sure. Also I get not wanting to be naked around a bunch of dudes, but just bring some swim trunks with you to practice or something. Can't be that hard to find a work around.
Haha a grown man wearing swimming trunks would bring more attention.

I'm guessing he was uncomfortable being naked in front of other men. It happens. Miller making up a team rule that involves money is ridiculous, but it falls short of "weird". Dumb story.
 
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I haven't taken a locker room shower since high school. But it was a power move at the time, no ones staring at your junk but if they are they're jealous.
 

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Haha a grown man wearing swimming trunks would bring more attention.

I'm guessing he was uncomfortable being naked in front of other men. It happens. Miller making up a team rule that involves money is ridiculous, but it falls short of "weird". Dumb story.
I don't know, a grown man paying $250k to avoid it is pretty attention grabbing.
 

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I'm putting my money on him being a never-nude.
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We only had gang showers at the first dorm I lived in. Nothing like meeting the dudes on your floor with your **** swinging in the breeze.

The showers weren't even spread out. Ass to ass in there.

Between that and piss troughs....
In high school at the old Ankeny high, we just had the central shower pole with 4 showerheads on it so not only was it open room, but we all had to gather around the pole together
 
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