You would be surprised to know how serious our country is concerned with when and where young ladies shave. Broadneck High School in Maryland learned that the hard way earlier this month when a swimmer was disqualified for shaving on-site before a meet. The disqualification cost Broadneck the county championship. And to think, they were this close to Regionals.

School system officials discovered that at the February 10th county championship a swimmer broke a National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) 2011-2012 swimming and diving and water polo rule, “No team personnel/competitor shall perform any on-site shaving before, during or after the meet.” The penalty for breaking the rule is disqualification for the applicable meet.

The inclusion of “after the meet” makes me think this is more a hygienic rule than a competitive rule. Kind of like if steroids were permitted in baseball, just not in the locker room because needles are gross. My question is – what about waxing? Can I wax before the big water polo match? How about laser hair removal? Nair? This rule leaves a lot of room for creatively hairless advantages. I doubt this is the last time we hear about this rule. [MyFOXDC]