Tara Gins says she lost her job after stripping down for Playboy.
Gins, who was a pro cyclist, was supposed to be the sports director for an unnamed cycling team, but the deal apparently fell apart when she took some saucy photos. (SLIDESHOW: These Women On Instagram Hate Wearing Clothes)
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She told Cyclingnews that the photos cost her a job with the team, and stated, “Someone must have threatened the manager to send those pictures to one of the sponsors because that person has I don’t know what kind of relationship with the sponsor.” (SLIDESHOW: 142 Times Josephine Skriver Barely Wore Anything)
When asked if she was told the photos were the direct reason for her not working for the cycling team, Gins responded with, “Yes.” (SLIDESHOW: 71 Times Samantha Hoopes Stripped Down)
Gins posed for Playboy in May and did a photoshoot for a Belgian company two months later. (SLIDESHOW: This Blonde Bombshell Might Be The Hottest Model On The Internet)
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If posing for Playboy means you can’t work in the world of cycling, then I’m 100% out. I want nothing to do with the sport. (SLIDESHOW: 60 Times Abigail Ratchford Wore Almost Nothing)
I simply can’t support a sport that tramples on the rights of good looking women to seek honest work.
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Good thing the world of sports is at least consistent when it comes to posting for photos. Certainly, no male has ever posed naked and continued to keep his job in athletics.
Whoops! I guess we all forget about ESPN’s body issue, which I won’t be liking too for obvious reasons.
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Let a woman live. If she wants to take some scandalous photos of herself in Playboy, why can’t she still be great at working for a cycling team?
The owner of the Los Angeles Lakers literally posed for Playboy and just won an NBA title!
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Be better, folks. Be much better!