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NS Justice: langley mcneal DQ'ed for supporting Sarah

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Sklar
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Women's Skier-x athlete Langley Mcneal was apparently DQ'ed for wearing a band that said "remember sarah" around her thigh in the final

The french team protested it and got her dq'ed, now thats some bullshit

link to facebook page with her posts
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=48100845
Jan 29 2012 5:35PM
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Mike-O
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Holy mother of bullshit protests.
Jan 29 2012 5:39PM
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Sklar
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from her FB wall:

"The French team just protested my Sarah Burke band around my thigh and a hair tie around my boot. They disqualified me for the finals. To say Im heart broken is an understatement...trying to be graceful about the whole thing but it is a hard one to swallow"
Jan 29 2012 5:39PM
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Sklar
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X-Games facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/XGames?sk=wall&filter=1
Jan 29 2012 5:40PM
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STAUSS
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wait what?  theres got to be more to it than that.  that is severely fucked up.
Jan 29 2012 5:41PM
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skicowboy
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wow that is bullshit! I can't believe A: anyone would protest that B: XGames officials DQ'd her! I hope this gets more publicity, so ridiculous!
Jan 29 2012 5:41PM
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thatsG
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I think it it her suit that was the problem, but if it was the Sarah bands, that's outrageous 
Jan 29 2012 5:43PM
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Blindsurfer
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team france is a pack of fucking fags
Jan 29 2012 5:43PM
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Sklar
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another wall post:

"All hope isn't lost...my awesome wax tech chris taylor is protesting the protest. I'm sorry I'm the only girl up here without a custom spandex race suit. I'm seriously in shock right now"

looks like it didn't work though, that is followed by:
"Game over. I'm out :("
Jan 29 2012 5:46PM
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Mike-O
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A shitload of people, boarders, skiers have been seen wearing those bands already, that's a fucking bad call from the X-Games to single her out now and an absolutely abhorrid move from the French who protested.
Jan 29 2012 5:48PM
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shanny.
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Join the facebook group!!!

http://www.facebook.com/groups/295952967129015/?notif_t=group_activity


SHANNY COHEN
I am so disappointed with X Games ! The only American to make it to finals, Langely McNeal was disqualified for supporting Sarah Burke . She had a R.I.P Sarah Burke band her around her thigh and hair tie on her boot. The French protested and she was disqualified. Was XGAMES not dedicated to Sarah? SERIOUSLY... WTF!? Love you Lang!
Jan 29 2012 5:49PM
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skiEER
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i hope there is more to the story its hard to believe that anyone would do that
Jan 29 2012 5:50PM
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Stickity
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my unfounded hatred for the french has now been substantiated
Jan 29 2012 5:52PM
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Big5hifty
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That's severely fucked. those officials need to be beaten with dull edged skis until that is revoked.
Jan 29 2012 5:55PM
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Kjell
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I've really understood what it is that made me find French athletes annoying.
Now I know why, what a bunch of bitchy little girls...
Jan 29 2012 5:56PM
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Clark_Griswold
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That's total shit on the french team's part. seriously fuck them. the X games were dedicated to Sarah and for Langley to get disqualified for showing her support is completely fucked up
Jan 29 2012 6:01PM
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binturong-qwerty
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Leave it to the French...
Jan 29 2012 6:04PM
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GayWolf420
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You guys could at least be professional and not cuss with your wall posts. This is rediculous. Everybody had those arm bands. Why'd she get DQ'd?
Jan 29 2012 6:07PM
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DW.
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Thats fucking disgusting. Surely there is more
Jan 29 2012 6:18PM
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joly.sp
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man FUCK xgames
Jan 29 2012 6:29PM
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scientist
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people will remember this act of lowest level arrogance moreso than any podium placement. I am borderline disgusted.

Jan 29 2012 6:34PM
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Simmo
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What the fuck. How do make an even bigger shitstorm over this?
Jan 29 2012 6:43PM
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Simmo
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What the fuck. How do make an even bigger shitstorm over this?
Jan 29 2012 6:43PM
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TOAST.
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WHY? This is such a shame.
Jan 29 2012 7:01PM
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Monsieur_Patate
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Easy boys.. We obviously don't know the whole story here, so get off your horses for a sec. I've seen a bunch of athletes with Sarah armbands, none got dq'd. I also think the X have been honoring Sarah's memory and they obviously wouldn't dq an athlete for this. Maybe she's just using this to get people's sympathy or whatever, I don't know. Remember there's always two sides of a story, wait for the other before going crazy like 12 years old kids.
Jan 29 2012 7:08PM
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loomis
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Wow, she should have gotten extra points for wearing it.
Jan 29 2012 7:10PM
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TOAST.
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Xgames should release a statement then. Get there PR people to work.
Jan 29 2012 7:11PM
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STAUSS
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anybody got a direct link (fb page or something) to the french freeski people, it seems they are probably more to blame then xgames. 
Jan 29 2012 7:11PM
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Monsieur_Patate
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You are absolutely right, I'm surprised they haven't yet.
Also I found this, but it's based off Langley's fb page, so nothing more than what we already know, also I don't know if it's a reliable website, never heard of it:

http://unofficialnetworks.com/langley-mcneal-disqualified-games-skier-wearing-sarah-burke-arm-band-story-games-71515/
Jan 29 2012 7:15PM
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razors-chaz
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the fact they are spending more time deleting peoples posts on their fb wall, rather than making any form of comment or statement says enough for me. they clearly have something to hide.
Jan 29 2012 7:16PM
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Sklar
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The rule she was "violating": pertains to wearing clothing or equipment to increase aerodynamics, such as tight clothing, tape, bands, etc. to make clothing more tight/aerodynamic

So pretty much they were saying the Sarah band was in order to be more aerodynamic
Jan 29 2012 7:18PM
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Monsieur_Patate
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Well, the french freeski people? I don't know if there's such a thing, especially since we're talking about skier X, I'm pretty sure they don't train with the rest of the team. More like go find who was a french skier in this particular event, and then maybe you have the culprit (or one of them). Don't go crazy over the french freeskiing community because one or a couple of them are potentially dicks (potentially because I'm still waiting for the other side of the story). It would be like going crazy on Candide's fb wall, that would be plain stupid. Also I don't see how an armband would make you more aerodynamic, anyone has actually see the event? What did it look like?
Jan 29 2012 7:28PM
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TOAST.
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Does everyone have their clothes taylored to the exact same specs? What determines what outerwear you can and cannot use?
Jan 29 2012 7:32PM
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razors-chaz
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i dont want to be the cause of a shitstorm on the wrong people but, is it maybe under the ESF? as in the Ecole du ski francais.
Jan 29 2012 7:33PM
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cheener12
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Hey would you look at that she's from sun valley. Hometown rep! That sucks for her so bad I would be pisted off for sure if that happened to me.
Jan 29 2012 7:35PM
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Monsieur_Patate
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That's just the association of ski instructors in France, pretty much nothing to do with this man.
Jan 29 2012 7:36PM
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Anathema
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there has to be more to the story. does it somehow violate the uniform code or whatever? cause i know for things like baseball you aren't allowed to wear anything shiny that could potentially interfere with a batter seeing the ball. is that the case here? are the french concerned that the arm band is going to somehow boost her performance, or hinder theirs? i do not understand
Jan 29 2012 7:36PM
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STAUSS
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let me rephrase.  i was asking if there was some place we could talk directly to whoever is in charge of the french womens skierx.
Jan 29 2012 7:37PM
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razors-chaz
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yeah, i got the esf and fis mixed up, my bad
Jan 29 2012 7:38PM
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TOAST.
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said it made her more aerodynamic.
Jan 29 2012 7:41PM
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207
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fucking power hungry fags
Jan 29 2012 7:41PM
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Sklar
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See my post above.

You're not "allowed" to wear anything that makes your clothes tighter

The rules for clothing are determined by how much clothing material can be "pinched" at certain points on the body. These rules are often ignored, unless there is, as in this case, a protest.
Jan 29 2012 7:43PM
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-KYLE-
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honestly who the fuck cares who tailored the clothes or what size the god damn arm band is, i have one, its made of cloth and honestly doesnt affect one fucking thing or make you more aerodynamic at all, its their to show her support the life of someone that this X-Games was supposedly DEDICATED to! thats pretty fucked up no matter how you fucking look at it!!
Jan 29 2012 7:44PM
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NotGhood
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oh my xgames are getting flamed
this is absolutely atrocious
Jan 29 2012 7:50PM
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TOAST.
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completely agree. Was just wondering how they determine in other circumstances how tight clothing could be.
Jan 29 2012 7:51PM
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jeremy.g
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wow. disgraceful anyone would even attempt to make issue with that.
Jan 29 2012 7:53PM
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Simmo
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Can't wait to find out who filed that protest so that the public humiliation can begin.
Jan 29 2012 7:56PM
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Brock.
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That disgusts me
Jan 29 2012 7:58PM
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-KYLE-
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yeah no hate towards you man!
Jan 29 2012 7:59PM
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snowguru49
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ESPN
https://www.facebook.com/ESPN?sk=wall&filter=12
Jan 29 2012 8:06PM
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Clark_Griswold
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Got blocked out on FB created an alias to continually bombard X games with my rage
Jan 29 2012 8:11PM
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