Pretty In Pink

Having lived in Eastern Iowa for my entire grade school years, or formative sport nut years as I call them, I am a closet Hawkeye fan.

One of the great traditions that legendary coach Hayden Fry had left the university was the visitors' locker room being painted pink. As a psych major, Coach Fry knew that the color was proven to have a calming effect, making the observer more passive.

Recently some yuks at the university have suddenly become offended by this lockerroom decor. Says its demeaning to women and homosexuals.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? I am fairly confident that if we took a poll of all female and homosexual bedrooms, you would find a good majority the exact same color scheme gracing its walls. Never mind how I feel about the lifestyle of these people, but if you have a 350 pound muscle bound middle linebacker lined up across from you, you would probably want him to be calmed as well.

And nevermind that Coach Fry implemented this strategy nearly 20 plus years ago.

Certainly NOW we are offended. And certainly NOW we need to take action. And certainly NOW we need to make sure the decor of EVERY lockerroom is non-offensive. Because after all, that IS the most pressing issue in our world today.

SHEESH! Get a life people! Pink Locker Rooms Forever!

Just my two cents.