Why Is It...?

After comisserating with each other about our teens this morning, my friend and I had a conversation about why it is that certain sports things occur on TV and it's ok. We each have sports junkies for husbands.

For instance, on the Dancing with the Stars finale on Tuesday (yes, I know, some won't consider this a sport, but dancing is part of the summer Olympics these days) they showed someone burping -- TWICE! Now, I ask you, who made that executive decision? Out of the hours and hours of tape showing dancing haps and mishaps, why were we treated to that bit of "juvenile" humor? WHY?

And then, why is it that baseball players are always shown when they are spitting (tobacco or sunflower seeds or just spittle) or scratching? Can't the people in charge switch to another shot so that we aren't exposed to that stuff?

And why don't all professional football players wear some kind of underwear? Don't they know when they bend over especially in their white pants that certain things are visible? Didn't their mothers remind them to always wear clean underwear in case they were in an accident?

And basketball players. Oh my! Why are they constantly "rearranging" themselves? Is it just to make sure things haven't fallen off with all that running around? Why can't they save that for the locker room? Oh wait! There are cameras there too!

What is up with that? Can't we interview sports figures on their field of play? Must we follow them into the locker room?

Just the mild musings of a SAHM on a Thursday morning. Contemplating these things brings me less heart-burn than thinking about the teens.