Come on WOMEN?! You think a WOMAN was in charge of skimping on female uniforms? You think olympians design their own bathing suits? You have been watching too much Project Runway, girlfriend.

I wear jockey undies and I love horseracing but it's just a coincidence.

come on get real. its what they wear while on the beach or in comp's all the time. how about this. how about you turn off the tv change the channel or how about griping about the speedo's phelps wore. how about this. how about you stop being such a prude and realize that its only the human body. and if yuor titilated by what they wore/wear you have deeper issues then what most would think.

WOOOWEEE misty may in her undies...bring it baby!

Picker, shhhhhhh! Let the girls be. Obviously, those girls feel liberated by wearing what they do and I, as man who is all for women's lib, think they should be able to wear their skimpy bikini outfits or even less, if they so choose.

I love playing beach volleyball except that keep tripping on my burqa.

If you cellmates think women volleyball players are nice in those outfits, wait until you get a look at the Euro shot-putters.

These volleyers, it's like seeing Olive Oyl in a bikini.

Male up, out there.

While I seldom find anything agreeable about WP, including most definitely his taste in the opposite sex, I must agree that the women's volleyballers will never be confused with a Victoria Secret model.
Now, who among you fashionistas will march up to any one of them and tell them so?
Anyone? There could be a Chaw t-shirt in it for you.

Freedom of movement, lightness of weight and aerodynamics may all account for the attire worn by all the competing athletes. Thankfully the Olympics only come around about as often as an IRS audit.

Male up, picker?

I think that explains it all, folks.

Bet we will see the picker looking for a "Macho Man" at the "YMCA" tonight.

Thank you very much, Dawn, a voice of sanity among the jokers. Please check in from time to time. It's work trying to educate the drop-outs.

Why don't Ping Pong players wear plastered-on bikinis?

The painted on volleyball gear is unbecoming.

the picker is never wrong, and he never even has to censor reader comments when they make him look really bad.

The subject matter is beach volleyball not swimming or weight lifting or any of the other sports in the Games. Seems as though some have a problem staying with the subject. Maybe that's why they are dropouts. We could debate for days on appropriate attire for the other sports that isn't so revealing but I didn't understand that to be the subject matter.

The speedos are a bit disturbing too on the men swimmers but, more importantly, where is the body hair and are the drains clogged up at the team hotel now?

FIVB, the international beach volleyball organization, Rule 5.1.1 reads: "A player's equipment consists of shorts or a bathing suit."

Now, the difference between badminton and volleyball, as far as apparel goes, is that there is no sand in badminton. Any woman who has ever body surfed at the beach prefers a bikini. Emptying sand out of a one piece suit takes forever and there are more spaces to fill up. Less is more in beach volleyball strategy, when abiding by international rules.

You have a problem with the unis, complain to the international organization, not to the women playing the sport, and certainly do not about their big muscles.

Glad I could help out.

As for you Dawn, I'll try not to use analogies or sarcasm in the future.