- Photo courtesy of Lingerie Football League, screen shot of www.lflus.com
Hot women…in bras and panties…playing football? That’s right, these women are real. They play in the Lingerie Football League or LFL for short.
“I haven’t heard of it,” a junior sociology major Peter Pace said.
Well, there are actually a lot of people that haven’t heard of it either.
The LFL is a new league that has formed out of the Lingerie Bowl, which is an annual football game played by models and actresses during halftime of the Super Bowl.
Now there is an entire league with 10 teams containing only women, who play a 20-week season in their bras and underwear. Most of the women are not models or actresses; they have a background in competitive athletics.
The 2009-10 season is the LFL’s first official season, but this concept is not completely foreign to the U.S. There have been six Lingerie Bowls so far and a seventh is coming in February.
However, even though this league is similar to the way football is usually played, there are a few key differences in the rules and the way these women play the game.
The games are played on an indoor field that is 50-yards long, 30-yards wide and has two 8-yard end zones. The women play two 15-minute halves with a 15-minute halftime, and a 35-second play clock.
There is a kickoff at the beginning of the game and after halftime. Also, there are seven players on the field for each team rather than 11.
A touchdown is still six points, but there is no punting and no field goals. As a result, there are two options a team can choose after scoring a touchdown: a one-point conversion from the 2-yard line or a two-point conversion from the 5-yard line.
Furthermore, since there is no punting, each team has to attempt a first down on every fourth down.
These are relatively different rules, but the changes aren’t hard to follow as it seems most people will have an easier time understanding them and enjoy watching this sport.
Considering this idea, how do people associated with the University of Colorado feel about women playing football?
“I’m interested,” sophomore integrative physiology major Kevin Huynh said.
A simple thought, but it has a clear message: a sport like this will obviously appeal to most men, but what do women think?
“I am definitely an advocate of women in sports, but I feel like the lingerie aspect is kind of lame,” CU alum Jackie Faust said. “Women are strong and beautiful when they’re not in lingerie, too. But you know if they want to play football, that’s cool.”
This sport may seem degrading to women, but Elizabeth Bond, a junior anthropology major, has a different perspective.
“It sounds interesting,” Bond said. “Personally, I wouldn’t do it but if you want to, go for it. It sounds cool.”
There will always be differing opinions, but at least the LFL has drawn more attention to women sports in the United States.
“If they enjoy it,” Pace said, “I’m all for it.”
Contact CU Independent Staff Writer Kayla Cornett at Kayla.cornett@colorado.edu.
