Two California school board members are being ripped for comparing shirtless teen water polo players in school-issued Speedos to exotic dancers andadult-content creators.
Temecula Valley Unified School District Board President Joseph Komrosky and trustee Jen Wiersma came under fire after weighing in on a photo of sixTemecula Valley High Schoolwater polo players cheering on the baseball team with B-E-A-R-S-! written across their chests.
The athletes were wearing their brown-and-yellow team swim briefs when the photo was posted to the high school baseball team’s Instagram page with the caption “Our fans > better than yours. GO BEARS,”The Press-Enterprisereported.
But the spirited school-pride post quickly turned into a political firestorm after Komrosky allegedly said the boys looked “one step closer to Chippendales,” while Wiersma called them an “Only Fans crew.”
Parent Sharon Sardina, whose son was among the water polo players pictured, told the outlet the teens had stopped by a baseball game between swim meets on April 28 and pulled down their pants to reveal their team uniforms while cheering from the stands.
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“The fans loved it, the team loved it, the baseball coach loved it,” Sardina said. “Everybody loved the support and thought that was pretty cool because that’s typically what water polo players do as far as cheering on their teams.”
The photo has since been removed from the baseball team’s account, though it was not clear when or why.
Sardina said Wiersma later reposted the photo to her Instagram story with black boxes covering the students swim briefs and wrote: “speaking of dress code … are our teams now an ‘Only Fans’ crew? Hats off to the kids that kept their pants on.
The story post later disappeared, and Wiersma also posted an apology to her Instagram story, Sardina said.
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