I will be writing about a league of females
who are trying to take the next step of being serious competitors, while at the
same time being sexy athletes. The
league is known as the Legends Football League (LFL), formerly known as the
Lingerie Football league. For those of
you who want to know the full history of the LFL, here is the Wikipedia link
to how it was formed and how it is played.
I feel like it could be considered a serious sport if taken off MTV, and
(even though it’s a real bummer) make the ladies compete in more than just
their lingerie like they intend on doing.
The ladies compete in multiple
football pads, along with a hockey like helmet with a clear visor to protect
their face, then their bra and panties. Now,
upon watching highlights of this league I can say that these ladies do not take
it easy on each other. When I read “Lingerie
Football” I instantly thought this was a pillow fight between a bunch of really
hot girls (which is not the reason why I chose this topic). These girls might actually hit harder than
NFL players. I was shocked when I clicked on the highlights video and saw the
girls actually tackling each other and playing real football. The way I felt about the highlights says
something, me being “shocked.” Whenever people
hear about “lingerie football” they aren’t going to take it serious. It isn’t going to be looked at as a
competitive sport. It’s questionable as
to whether viewers are diehard football fans are lonely men who just want to
see a bunch of girls tackle each other in their underwear hoping for a wardrobe
malfunction.
I think by changing to the Legends
Football League and making the players actually wear uniforms will make the
audience realize that this is a serious competitive sport. The thing is that it plays on Sundays at the
same time the NFL plays. Now the lonely
men won’t be as interested and the real football fans might just watch NFL
because they don’t get that lingerie bonus.
I personally hope the league continues to work and encourages more girls
to get into football and possibly play.
Maybe one day it’ll make it to a TV channel that isn’t MTV.
