[NU Sports] Flip-Flop Flap Featured on NBC Nightly News

[John Labbe]

Here are a few more links on the flip-flop issue (see below).  As you  
can see, flip flops were worn by other teams, and Northwestern's  
lacrosse team was dressed at least as well as the average team, and I'd  
say a little better than average.  I can see a local story about the  
flip-flops, but if it's a national story, why not cover all the teams,  
instead of singling out just one?  Btw, this was about a 2 minute  
segment on the NBC news.  It looks like most people are taking this  
with a sense of humor, and at least they're turning it into a fund  
raiser.


The Minnesota women's hockey team wore flip flops, and weren't as well  
dressed overall:
http://www.gophersports.com/PhotoArchive/2004-2005/whock_WhiteHouse/ 
index.htm

The Georgia gymnastics team is arguably the most formally dressed, but  
I still see flip-flops:
http://georgiadogs.collegesports.com/genrel/071205aab.html?pic=17

The UCLA water polo team cropped their feet out of the picture; I'll  
take that as an admission of guilt.  You decide:
http://uclabruins.collegesports.com/genrel/071305aaa.html

Duke golf: Sandals, but no flip flops.
http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml? 
SPSID=22558&SPID=1838&DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=156784

And as already mentioned below, the Michigan softball team wore shorts  
and tennis shoes.
http://www.mgoblue.com/




On Jul 20, 2005, at 6:12 PM, John Labbe wrote:

> The flip-flop controversy was featured in the final segment on the NBC  
> Nightly News tonight.  The poor lacrosse team is getting a lot of  
> publicity over this when I bet other women's teams were also wearing  
> flip flops.  I think it's just because the Tribune started a story on  
> it.  I'm trying to find other team photos.  In fact, the Michigan  
> softball team wore shorts and tennis shoes.  Why no outrage about  
> that?
>
> http://www.mgoblue.com/
>
>
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