So I am joining a D2 team this fall and I just found out that my coach enforces a strict clean shaven policy for everyone on the team (sprinters and distance runners). Apparently it's so we look professional and he mentioned how the New York Yankees also have this policy. I heard stories about how he brings razors to meets in case someone tries to race without shaving.
I actually prefer being clean shaven, so I won't have a problem complying, but I think it's weird that a college coach wants to micromanage something like whether or not their athletes want to grow facial hair. Are there any other college teams with this type of rule?
D2 schools are terrible academically. The coach probably isn't smart either. You are stuck there for life and will be lucky to get a job afterward.
Coloradon School of Mines is not only a reputable school but the degree translates into great Denver area jobs at $90k+ starting (for 22 and 23 year olds).
I wonder if there is much evidence for temperature regulation and beards. Like, can it provide a performance advantage to be freshly shaven? Or can you cool yourself more efficiently? Body hair traps air and is meant to keep you warm. It would make quite an interesting study actually! Body hair on legs, arms, head. Does your skin function better without it? Or better with it?
Yes, less air resistance. Every athlete who did a wind channel test knows this.
Yes, better cooling, because the clothes are more direct on the skin. Heat can better dissipate, from the skin to the clothes and othside. If you have hairs that creates air between skin an clothes and air is a very good isolator.
In the 70's it was a phrase to describe a dude that was in the adult industry that had just a mustache but no beard. Sort of like Magnum PI, but it was also meant to be a mustache that made one look seedy and shady. It's not a compliment unless one is a depraved individual. Magnum PI isn't a good example because he wasn't shady, but you get the idea. If you don't, I sure can't explain it. I feel dirty even trying to describe it.
It was never a phrase that was used in the 70s. Mustaches were quite common then, and it was never associated with anything "shady".
Correct. I miswrote. It's not from the 70's, it's been used much later to describe some mustaches from the 70's.