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In Lingerie Football League, players must hit hard, look good
Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010 | 2 a.m.
Beyond the Sun
It’s hard to look pretty while running 40-yard dashes, performing agility drills and crashing into a full-grown man almost twice your size. But that’s Lingerie Football League tryouts for you.
About 40 spandex- and sports bra-clad women showed up at the Las Vegas Indoor Soccer Complex this week for the first round of tryouts for the Las Vegas expansion team. The session included speed and vertical-leap tests, NFL-style football drills and far more mascara and cleavage than you usually see on the gridiron.
The LFL debuted a year ago with 10 teams — including the Chicago Bliss, San Diego Seduction, Los Angeles Temptation and Dallas Desire — and hopes to spread to 34 cities. The Las Vegas team has not been named yet.
Commissioner Mitchell Mortaza landed in Las Vegas looking for women with that perfect blend of honest athleticism and natural attractiveness. Like their NFL counterparts, they have to be able to take a hit. Unlike the male pros, they have to look good doing it.
“I’ve never been so bruised in my life,” Sarah Frechette said of her first season in the LFL, during which the 5-foot-7, 107-pound safety played for the reigning champion Temptation. Now living part time in Las Vegas and working at Encore Beach Club and Surrender nightclub, Frechette decided to try out for the Vegas squad.
The players will be assembled over the next six months and begin play in the fall 2011 season. The women will be paid based on the door take at games and the team record.
As for the other women at tryouts, some seemed to fall a little too far on the swimsuit-model end of the spectrum. “This is not ... cheerleading camp!” Mortaza yelled as the women ran through their paces. “This is professional football!”
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Wow, a group of Vegas women who are not fat, refreshing. . .
:-)
I would be willing to watch one game before I give judgement. It may be interesting.
This is totally stupid, something I expect from Las Vegas and the fluffy's here.
This sounds titillating until you realize that the less they wear, the more nasty bruises and scabs you're gonna end up seeing. *barf*
This is a travesty! Merely an awful way of sexualizing women to the point that they become sex objects. Whoa, hang on. Why not go further? Have them wear helmets, shoulder & thigh pads and nothing else. Well, maybe shoes.
Well, now we know why we need to build an arena!
good luck to them, they need a job and have dreams too. but can u say roller derby, wnba,hooters for food and womens pro soccer? propping up sports or sacrificing ability for a mix of looks doesn't work anyhwere except for loser strip club. i wouldn't go for the athletics as most good H.S. level in something tops or be the nerd dude copping looks not caring what their playing.
Sharron Mangle will be looking for a job soon.
I like it, I think it will make money and attract an audience.
Can we try and create jobs that require more than just plastic surgery in this town? Something that requires a little brain power? Maybe jobs that attempt to advance humanity? Medical research, engineering, etc. Not just construction and strippers, and dealers that complain about their $80K salary when they only have a GED.
I realize there are some small examples (Lou Ruvo institute, Nevada Cancer, etc.), and I realize that not every stripper or dealer only has their GED, just exaggerating to make a point. We have good people here, I just wish they had the skills and drive to do more than just worry about the most money for the least amount of effort.
A fem football team ? Blech. I'm all for a Fem roller Derby team in this town.
I would like to see more mud or coleslaw wrestling.
This is kewl...
Play by play :
She's at the 10...
She's on the 10...
She's.. under the 10, first and goal.
All I wanna know is who will be the starting center, the place kicker, the holder, and the long snapper on special teams as I would think these positions will be the most important ones in this league, and I wanna know if there will always be a backfield cam view...
But wait, hold on - I hope there will be a 130 lb weight limit as I do not want to see a 300 lb per player offensive line unit no no no.
Just think of all the reverse angles and instant replays seen in this league...."After further review. . . .the play stands."
I like it !
Haha, my comment was removed by staff, at 3:47 in the morning. Must be a REALLY slow news day. I guess you can't mention the reporters name in a post. Just curious how these stories get assigned...
WadItup_com: You are correct in that we don't allow personal attacks. But you're welcome to not like a story.
Can you imagine if it's that time of the month for the women and they are playing football?
markey, they are called strippers lol
From the pics,, I dont see any lingerie,, well what I consider lingerie anyways... This is not what it says it is......
The women in the picture look like athletes and that makes me very sad. The hoops that these women have to jump through in order to play a sport and get paid for it is disheartening. It's a shame the US doesn't value women's sports. This sends a strong message about the perceived value of women in society. The comments on this page from Markey, Burritobandit2, sigtwenty, AKsilvereagle, and DMCVegas continue to send that message.
The only way they can sell this sport to football fans is to sex-it-up with skimpy costumes and choosing only beautiful women to play. By doing this they discriminate against women who aren't considered "naturally attractive" yet still want to play professionally. Believe it or not boys, women want the same things men do. Yet with the way this country is, women have to work harder to get it. In addition to that, women are judged more harshly on their appearance than men will ever be. Why do they have to wear next to nothing to play football in a league? Why is their appearance a factor in getting chosen to play? Think for a moment about what message that sends to our daughters. Why can't women play professional sports the same way that men do? Why aren't they judged solely on their athletic ability? Why won't people pay to see that? Are women playing sports not worth watching if it doesn't involve "lingerie"? Let me ask you Markey, Burritobandit2, sigtwenty, AKsilvereagle, and DMCVegas: If a women who respected you and trusted you asked you these questions would you respond the same sexist, shallow way you have responded here? Or do comments like that eliminate the possibility that any woman could respect or trust you?
I am still glad that these women are getting some chance at sports glory. But I am absolutely disgusted by the comments on this article and the way some men treat women in this town.
Wasn't a personal attack at all, really. Just curious what the reporters PERSONAL impression of the combine was. If wanting to know someone's opinion is an attack, then color me guilty.