Saturday 6 August 2011

One Step Forward And Two Steps Backward

In a move that seems to set women's sports back at least 100 yrs, the sport with the fastest growing following in the US state of California is "Lingerie Basketball" which has fans from across the state flocking to courts to see the girls play in their underwear uniforms .....

Lingerie Basketball - Strictly For The Voyeurs
Sport, but not as we know it Captain ....

Its not as though these are 'bimbo's' either, many of the players are former star college athletes.
 
Its due to be broadcast on cable TV soon alongside its popular stable-mate, the Lingerie Football League LFL (where the girls add just a set of shoulder pads and a helmet before running out to play full-contact American gridiron), which also has a huge following. Since its creation in 2009, the LFL has gone on to expand into a 12-team semi-professional competition with potential investors even able to have the chance buy a team franchise.

Sepp Blatter is a Prophet
Sepp Blatter is a Prophet

And coming soon a Lingerie Bowls Franchise .... needless to say, all these 'sports' attract more sponsorship money, and bigger crowds, than the established women's associations could ever hope for.

Now, some of us remember the abuse that FIFA supremo Sepp Blatter got when he suggested that women's soccer should promote itself more, by having the female players wearing tighter shorts to promote "a more female aesthetic" .... it appears that his suggestion didn't fall on as barren a ground as we all assumed.

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