Does Amanda Beard posing in Playboy hurt women's athletics?

[Bowtie]

What do you think?

FOX Sports - More Sports - The naked truth: Beard not hurting sports

 

[MM]

i'm reminded of the old saying.....the only bad publicity is no publicity

 

[Joker]

Personally I dont think so. People make way too much out of people posing nude these days. Its not like she is going Paris Hilton on us and coming out with video's. Especially if its done tastefully.

 

[HEMI6point1]

The only people ever bitching about a hot woman posing scantily clad or nude are the jealous people who want to bring them down so they can feel better.

 

[Mike]

I'll buy it.........

 

[Rollout96]

What do you think?

FOX Sports - More Sports - The naked truth: Beard not hurting sports

For me? Absolutely not. However, there IS a very substantial segment of society that will frown on it and say she is a role model for young girls getting into sports. I personally disagree but that argument DOES have some validity in todays society where kids seem to worship "celebrity" of any kind.

I think if I were her I would weigh all of that and then decide. I am sure she did.

 

[d'kid]

Aside that I believe that no "Famous" person is a role model for anyone... parents, teachers, the guys and gals in the police force, fire department, and in the milatary should be the only "Role Models"; this brings up the question...

Who the Heck is Amanda Beard??????

John Medlin= Role Model
Dallas Gardner=Not

 

[Nitrohaulic]

I didn't even know who Amanda Beard was, so I thought it was a relative of Lee's when I first saw the title.

 

[Bowtie]

I didn't even know who Amanda Beard was, so I thought it was a relative of Lee's when I first saw the title.

I had the same thought, but then remembered her from the Olympics, and then clicked the link.

 

[Joker]

I didnt know who she was either, never heard of her and to be honest I personally dont think she's all that pretty. She's ok.

 

[downtime]

I find nothing wrong with someone demonstrating enough self confidence and security to reveal their body. She will be posing in a professional environment and in a tasteful manner. Most of us end up looking in the bathroom mirror every once in awhile at ourselves so she isn't showing us anything most of us have not seen before, although she may be better proportioned than some of us. I would wager even the most prudish among us had checked themselves out before so what difference does it matter if it is you or someone else skin you are looking at? Unless of course the thoughts going through your brain may be a moral or ethical issue and in that case simply don't look.

 

[Jenn]

The only people ever bitching about a hot woman posing scantily clad or nude are the jealous people who want to bring them down so they can feel better.

So that's what you were trying to do with Paris Hilton?


How exactly is she promoting her sport by being nude?

Didn't Danica Patrick do somekind of photo shoot similar to that?

More power to them if they've got the confidence to do something like that. I'm sure she's considered the proposals and any implications that may come of it.

 

[Bowtie]

So that's what you were trying to do with Paris Hilton?


How exactly is she promoting her sport by being nude?

Didn't Danica Patrick do somekind of photo shoot similar to that?

More power to them if they've got the confidence to do something like that. I'm sure she's considered the proposals and any implications that may come of it.

Danica did maxim or fhm, and wasn't fully nude.

 

[Jenn]

Danica did maxim or fhm, and wasn't fully nude.

Did you know that there is a difference between nude and naked? If you are nude, you are wearing nothing, absolutely nothing, not even a ring. If you are naked, you are wearing a ring.

I took an art appreciation class and he devoted an entire class to the difference between nude and naked.

More useless information from Jenn!

 

[vegasnitro]

Isn't Amanda Beard the girlfriend of NASCAR driver Carl Edwards? I know he dates one of those Olympic swimmers and I am pretty sure it is Beard ....

 

[d'kid]

That brings up my next question: who's Carl Edwards? didn't he used to run Late Model Stock?

 

[Toejam]

I can't make a decision till I see the Pics!

 

[Matt]

You mean there are pictures in Playboy? The articles are so awesome I suppose I never noticed!