LFL execs truly unsportsmanlike

I saw this article on Digg and I had to jump for it.

The Lingerie Football League has put two of its star players on probation — for wearing too much clothing.

The LFL features underwear-clad women playing 7-on-7 “football.”

Well, The New Times recently did an article on two of the team’s players, two of their top performers in fact, and a photo shoot of the women apparently did not agree with the LFL execs. Normally the women wear satin panties and bras for their photo shoots, but in this particular shoot they sported shoulder pads and Nike wristbands. Now they’re on probation.

Apparently these women are valued more for their modeling abilities than their athletic skills, and anything that may make them seem less like sex symbols and more like credible players is frowned upon.

Now I’m not saying that these women are by any means top athletes; they basically play touch football and are more spectacles for men’s amusement — about as much as mud wrestling — than they are treasured for their sporty natures.

But it’s still a pretty harsh punishment by league executives, and should send a clear message to the players that they are little more than money-makers and rump shakers for the league.

A quick photo search on the league will prove exactly that. The league is focused on tight ends, and not in the way football really should be.