The Loose Change

Rafael Nadal needs new underwear?

September 4th, 2007

Ok, I’ve been a fan of tennis for decades.  And I’ve been patiently watching and putting up with the players obsessive compulsive behavior.  It’s almost funny at this point.  Djokovic’s obsessive ball bouncing (the announcers even have me counting the number of times he bounces the ball), Maria Sharapova’s loud screaming (not to mention the placing of hair behind her ears before each serve), but I have to draw the line with Nadals picking the underwear out of his crack on nearly every point.  Now he picks the underwear out of his crack, then bends over and checks his shoes, sometimes wipes his hand and is ready to play.

I know there’s a difference between obsessive compulsive behavior and habit, but for the life of me can’t figure it out.  And for some reason watching Nadal pulling his underwear out really gets me to NOT want to watch Rafa play.  I mean I respect the guy and all, I think he’s the real deal, but I just can’t handle his social demeanor, uh I mean sports ritual.  And I, of all people, am not one usually for social demeanor.

So my suggestion to Rafael Nadal and his shorts problem is to try a different brand of underwear.  Maybe he’s wearing a jock strap, perhaps he should switch to boxers.  Maybe briefs might help prevent the underwear from riding up into his butt crack on every point.  How about powdering that area so that it doesn’t stick.  I mean something, anything. 

I just don’t ever recall seeing any other player in the history having so much problems with his underwear as Rafael Nadal does.  So there has to be a solution, somehow, somewhere.

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