New lingerie football is a joke and not a real sport

Whatever strides Nancy Lopez, Billie Jean King, Nancy Lieberman and others made for women's athletics will take a hit in September. That's because the Lingerie Football League is about to debut.

Yes, it's just as it sounds: Seven women on a side, playing in their undies. It's supposed to be a macho male's dream, but I figure even though men may love buffalo wings and football, that doesn't mean they want to watch football players eating buffalo wings. Same thing applies to the LFL.

Women's tennis, basketball and golf have become stand-alone sports with their own audiences. Now comes a league that bills itself as the perfect blend of sex and football.

Watching women for their athletic ability alone?

That is sooooo '90s.

You need a league made of cheesecake to earn the respect of the sports world today.

"I haven't even heard of it (the LFL), but the premise with them saying 'lingerie' makes it obviously exploitation of women," said Natalie Williams, the former U.S. Olympian and forward for the Utah Starzz. "You don't see people in the WNBA wearing lingerie; it's how they perform that matters."

Just wondering: Is their media guide the Victoria's Secret catalog?

Play begins Sept. 4, with a 10-team league. Games will be staged on a 50-yard field, seven players on a team. It's full contact, with only 12 players on each roster.

New York Majesty coach Mark Aquino told the Buffalo News: "This is real football and these are real athletes."

No it isn't, and no they're not.

Players were asked to try out, based on photos they sent to the league. From the stories I've read, some played high school sports, and a few played something in college, but half the players came from modeling backgrounds.

If this is a real sport, how come they don't have any 300-pound players on their rosters?

If it's supposed to be taken seriously, how many of the players played college football? How many played in the Arena Football League? How many got an athletic scholarship in ANY sport?

How seriously can it be taken with nicknames like the Temptation (L.A.), Bliss (Chicago), Passion (Philly), Desire (Dallas) and Seduction (San Antonio)?

It's a league of big hair and big bosoms, many of whom say they just love football and grew up watching it and playing it with their brothers.