Shirts required

I believe the reason always given is that it has to do with the TV deals.

"Harold Buck" <no_one_knows@attbi.com> wrote in message
news:no_one_knows-A61FBD.21432930082003@news.comcast.giganews.com...
> I was kind of surprised to discover that shirts were required for the
> Marathon at Ironman Wisconsin. I was going to wear one anyway, but does
> anyone know the rationale behind this rule? Is it a "Women have to wear
> shirts, so men do too" kind of thing?
>
> --Harold Buck
>
>
> "I used to rock and roll all night,
> and party every day.
> Then it was every other day. . . ."
> -Homer J. Simpson

Mike Tennent wrote:

> Harold Buck <no_one_knows@attbi.com> wrote:
>
>
>>I was kind of surprised to discover that shirts were required for the
>>Marathon at Ironman Wisconsin. I was going to wear one anyway, but does
>>anyone know the rationale behind this rule? Is it a "Women have to wear
>>shirts, so men do too" kind of thing?

The law allows women in Vancouver, to go shirtless (that's right, bare
breasts), yet the tri's require both men and women to cover their
"torso's".