Streakers At Sporting Events

Is it the pursuit of fame or too much beer that makes people start stripping at big televised matches? Do they think of the nude pictures & videos that may haunt them?

Today I’ve been listening to the radio coverage of the third cricket Test between England and West Indies at Old Trafford, Manchester, England. While the cricket has had its exciting patches, the astonishing thing is that three separate streakers have decided to run on the pitch during proceedings.

This is something I have never understood. Why on earth would someone want to strip naked and run onto a pitch while TV cameras are trained on the playing area?

Despite heavy penalties, immediate ejection from the ground and instant ignominy, nothing seems to deter these naked men and topless women from displaying their breasts/ genitalia to the watching world?

It must be a fame thing for people too talentless to get on the X Factor or other such reality TV shows – they can’t sing, so the only way to get famous is to start stripping and run around naked, the performance to be captured on camera or film. If they’re really lucky, these wannabe celebrities can be the star of nude pictures and sexy videos to be circulated on the internet!

A more plausible explanation is one of the joys of attending a cricket match – being allowed to sit in the sun all day, drinking plenty of lovely beer. After having a skin full through the first two sessions, suddenly the possibility of stripping down to your underwear (or worse) and going for a bit of a nudey run must seem a lot more tempting.