Olympic Athletes Or Porn Stars, Info Bars Placement

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When you're watching the Olympics, it's pretty helpful to be kept up-to-date on the score so you can keep track of how your favorite athlete is doing. That's why networks will show digital placards on the bottom of the screen with an athlete's name, stats, and current scores. For male Olympic divers, however, a specific problem arises. Sometimes, these scorecards happen to cover someone's groin and accidentally make it look like he's naked — which makes the event look a lot like censored porn. Of course, the internet wasted no time in pointing this out. Take, for example, Tom Daley, a British diver who is certainly no stranger to being the face of accidental porn.

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It's so weird for these Olympic divers to dive in the nude. Bravo to NBC figuring out a way to censor the nudity. pic.twitter.com/bisSgDZtsw
— Sean (@Seanye_West_32) August 9, 2016

This year, Daley was joined as a victim of unfortunate info-bar placement by fellow athletes Dave Bouda and Sascha Klein.

Best part of the #Olympics #Diving?
When the information bar makes them look naked:#Rio2016 #OlympicGames pic.twitter.com/36E7E1HBcq
— Adam R (@MrAdamR) August 8, 2016

Also in the ranks was U.S. diver Steele Johnson, whose name is already the subject of some rather obvious jokes.

HIS NAME IS LITERALLY STEELE JOHNSON. COULD THIS BE ANY MORE NSFW. pic.twitter.com/uxFhJwlbLJ
— David Mack (@davidmackau) August 8, 2016

For a second, I thought maybe there was a Naked Olympics going on simultaneously with the regular Olympics pic.twitter.com/VSeRRGvn3m
— Jen LC (@RegressedPDO) August 9, 2016

That name bar makes them look naked ? #Rio2016 #diving #China pic.twitter.com/dMZL3bdzWQ
— Amanda Bee (@keepmeplayin) August 9, 2016

Basically, pretend-naked diving is something we should all support. #Rio2016 #diving pic.twitter.com/hXfqpYsc41
— Blondes With Glasses (@BWGPodcast) August 8, 2016

New event for #RioOlympics2016 ...Naked Diving pic.twitter.com/HPZgRRsEPL
— Steph Detchemendy (@imdetch2) August 9, 2016

If you're wondering why divers seem to be the only ones who have been turned into inadvertent porn stars, it probably has something to do with their official uniform. Speedos might fit snugly enough to stay in place, but they're also pretty scanty.