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Football Mon Sep 07 2009
Bare Down
The Lingerie Football League kicked off its inaugural season Friday night and from all reports it was non-prissy football, given the level competition. For the record, the Chicago Bliss defeated the Miami Caliente 29-19 in the first game of the Bliss' four-game season and descriptions included terms like hard-hitting and even "Da Coach" Mike Ditka, a conservative Republican it might be noted, said he was impressed by the caliber of play (though it must be noted that he has part ownership in the league).
Still...they're wearing lingerie.
Or to be more exact, shorts and modified sports bras. With lace. And garters. Yeah, you can point to full-contact hitting, diving catches and perfect spirals. But if you're doing all of that while wearing something that looked like it came from Victoria's Secret, it tends to take some of the edge off of claims of "real football". Then there are the names of the teams in the league: the Bliss. The Dallas Desire. The San Diego Seduction. The Philadelphia Passion. It almost makes you pray there's never a league franchise in Virginia.
The whole endeavor seems further suspect with the fact that there is another women's tackle football team in town that tend to take its approach to football a little more seriously. So far, no one has solicited reaction from the Force team members on the introduction of the Bliss to the female football landscape. Who knows, maybe they would welcome them to the world of women's football. Or they might take offense at what they perceive as a mockery of the sport.
Hmmm... I smell a grudge match on the horizon.
