Comments on: Latest media stunt: hot girl-on-girl gridiron action!

Latest media stunt: hot girl-on-girl gridiron action!

mathowie — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 10:48:36 -0800

This Super Bowl halftime, make it to the Lingere Bowl. American TV hits a new low by inventing another sport along the lines of Foxy Boxing and Hot Oil Wrestling. The gridiron action features Team Dream vs. Team Euphoria (featuring washed-up former NFL players as coaches) in full contact football while wearing skimpy clothing. Even weirder, but there will be cheerleaders to cheerlead the players that are already dolled up to look like cheerleaders in some sort of subtle hot lesbian action. It's all pay-per-view, but this "Girls Gone Football" seems more like a new low than a step forward for real women's sports.

By: Item

Item — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 11:08:00 -0800

I think we now know what matt wants for christmas.

By: dr_dank

dr_dank — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 11:12:49 -0800

Anyone remember GLOW from back in the day?

By: Skot

Skot — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 11:12:58 -0800

When I first heard about this, I commented to some friends that they should make a real game out of it by having the models square off against the Arizona Cardinals. It'd be a nail-biter.

By: eyeballkid

eyeballkid — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 11:15:56 -0800

New low? Not even! Best. Idea. Ever.

By: tommasz

tommasz — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 11:29:22 -0800

I remember GLOW, it was on Saturday afternoons (in the time slot now usually taken up by infomercials). I actually know one of them, albeit casually. She seldom if ever mentions it, which I guess is hardly surprising.

By: pardonyou?

pardonyou? — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 11:37:26 -0800

the players that are already dolled up to look like cheerleaders in some sort of subtle hot lesbian action. Damn you, subtlety! I want overt hot lesbian action! Anyway, Matt, I doubt this is either a "step forward" or "a new low" for real women's sports. It's just a side show. I doubt any of the viewers will be paying money to actually see a good football game. It is pretty humerous that LT is involved, though.

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 11:42:35 -0800

I don't see where it mentions that they'll be wearing "skimpy clothing" while they play full-contact football (although the name certainly implies it). Did I miss something?

By: dobbs

dobbs — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 11:44:38 -0800

Matt, I'm beginning to doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion.

By: Oddly

Oddly — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 11:50:05 -0800

I, for one... am conflicted. Stuff like this always makes me feel like Homer having to choose between Marge and a donut.

By: widdershins

widdershins — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 11:57:34 -0800

Not a new low but hardly a defining moment in women's rights. Just silly. So, fess up - any buyers?

By: nickmark

nickmark — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 11:57:47 -0800

Interestingly, it's sponsored by Dodge.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 12:01:12 -0800

The other weird thing is that the site is emblazoned with amfAR logos. What a weird way to raise money for AIDS research.

By: Mick

Mick — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 12:04:46 -0800

That fact that this is happening is not surprising but the fact that that it is sponsored by Dodge.

By: jabo

jabo — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 12:05:43 -0800

Last season, Katie Hnida became the first female to participate in a Division 1-A football game. She attempted to kick an extra point for the University of New Mexico Lobos in the Las Vegas Bowl but it was blocked. Maybe if she wore lingerie...

By: halleck23

halleck23 — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 12:35:19 -0800

This lingerie bowl will never equal the nail-biting thrills of Bud Bowl.

By: Ignatius J. Reilly

Ignatius J. Reilly — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 12:43:57 -0800

I am continuously befuddled by the merger of sports and sex. Nothing about football makes me think about sex (though sometimes it is useful to think about baseball during sex, as it were). I have always thought that cheerleaders are put there so that those who are more strongly drawn to the homoerotic aspect can quickly snap themselves back into non-ironic macho heterodom whenever need be by lookin' at them pretty ladies. Anything that reinforces the stereotype that people are stupid because they like sports ought to be revisited.

By: archimago

archimago — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 13:07:35 -0800

Anyone remember GLOW from back in the day? Two words: Mt. Fuji

By: rainbaby

rainbaby — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 13:09:58 -0800

Oh c'mon IJR, why do you think they call it fantasy football? I'm going out on a limb and speaking for all hetero women football fans (perhaps a small demographic here), but . . . we look at the butts. Can't help it. The pants and gear and all. I would think guys couldn't help it either, so your anti-homoeroticism idea may be correct.

By: Dreamghost

Dreamghost — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 13:15:20 -0800

Man That LT Is Amazing Remember The Time He & His All Star Team Of Pro Football Washup's Took On Bam Bam Bigalow & His Cronies At Wrestlemania! Or What About That Time LT Snorted All That Coke, Killed A Cowboys Cheerleader & Found Christ! Now He's Coaching Hot Sluts Who Are Gonna Play Some New Game That Combines Football & Moves Last Seen In "Where The Boys Aren't 17" Hot Diggity Dog.... Don Kings Right... GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!

By: XQUZYPHYR

XQUZYPHYR — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 13:59:50 -0800

I for one am anxious to pay money to watch lots of attractive women not actually have sex with me, but somehow suggest through roughhousing that they would if I just happened to be there.

By: rushmc

rushmc — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 14:03:51 -0800

Not skimpy enough. Give the people what they want, dammit!

By: adamrice

adamrice — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 14:13:00 -0800

They may have finally figured out what it takes to get me interested in football. More hot chicks!

By: aacheson

aacheson — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 14:38:43 -0800

Ugh. This is sickening and pathetic and anyone who watches it is also sickening and pathetic. Okay, maybe I take these things too seriously, but there's enough sex-selling, women-as-meat bullshit out there, especially during football season, is this really necessary? Why don't they just come out and say it...women aren't good for anything but sex and titillating men. So there you have it, my woman's lib body is up in arms. You betcha I'm writing to Dodge. This is an embarassment to the human race. Sorry, but I just don't see it as funny or something to make light of. Imagine if that were your daughter "playing" in that game...

By: The God Complex

The God Complex — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 14:43:43 -0800

Why don't they just come out and say it...women aren't good for anything but sex and titillating men. No, they're just also good at that!

By: ElvisJesus

ElvisJesus — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 15:10:45 -0800

Glen Campbell doesn't seem like he's amused by this

By: Wingy

Wingy — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 15:22:28 -0800

Shocking! This is a new low indeed. Pretty soon I'll bet they're going to start producing videos and pay per view content that consists of naked women engaged in overt sexual contact with each other! Oh man, that'll be the day. Come on people, this is objectifying and panders to men's sexual wishes yes, but thats certainly nothing new. Dodge's involvement is significant, but the event itself is just a creative twist on stuff that's been around for ages, and its certainly not the worst that has been done.

By: modofo

modofo — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 15:43:36 -0800

People are surprised that Dodge is sponsoring this?

By: Bootcut

Bootcut — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 15:46:30 -0800

Come on... a new low? It's supposed to be fun/cute/titillating. It's moronic, but if someone wants to pay money to view moronic stuff, they should be allowed. And if my daughter were doing it to get paid; or to raise money for a good cause; or because it helped her get another job, that would be okay, too.

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 16:05:22 -0800

Lots of Australians in the lineup. I guess we know where to find the hard-drinkin', sports-playin', lingere-wearin' girls. (This comment is begging for a witty response -- is quonsar alive in this thread?)

By: The God Complex

The God Complex — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 16:13:17 -0800

is quonsar alive in this thread? He's at the doctors getting an abnormal growth in his comedic region checked out. Doctors fear he may have been exposed to too many republicans. If all goes well, though, we'll be in for some post-op anasthetic hijincks later. Unless they have to irradiate the entire region. Then it will just be the drooling monkey antics. It's a win-win.

By: reidfleming

reidfleming — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 16:51:07 -0800

What's the spread in that game?

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 16:56:51 -0800

The more I think about it, the more I think that "full-contact" should be out, and they should play "two-hand-touch, above or below the waist". That, I would pay for.

By: rushmc

rushmc — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 18:18:23 -0800

Okay, maybe I take these things too seriously Apparently you do. We are subjected...er, exposed...er, oh, you know what I mean!...to sexualized images of women every waking moment of every day in (almost) every part of our culture, and this is where you decide to draw the line and say it's a horrible thing?

By: dejah420

dejah420 — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 20:14:43 -0800

...by having the models square off against the Arizona Cardinals. OK, I would SO pay money to see supermodels tackled by professional linebackers. I admit it. In fact, I would probably tape it, and watch it again. In slow motion. Cause that is comedy gold, my friends. What's the spread in that game? - reidfleming *whistle* *throws flag* Pun on the field...first down.

By: Dagobert

Dagobert — Thu, 04 Dec 2003 00:29:04 -0800

Interestingly, it's sponsored by Dodge. Like a rock indeed.

By: Ignatius J. Reilly

Ignatius J. Reilly — Thu, 04 Dec 2003 00:30:35 -0800

[waits for some poor jackass to call dejah420 a violent woman hater]

By: anapestic

anapestic — Thu, 04 Dec 2003 06:06:26 -0800

In general, I'd avoid statements like "hits a new low" because that's a pretty tough standard to meet, what with all the steep competition. I have no intention of watching the Bra Bowl, but I can't believe it's going to be any worse than Celebrity Poker. Still, it's good to know that they're trying.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Thu, 04 Dec 2003 09:57:41 -0800

It would be better if they were naked. Or at least toplees in thongs. I'm just saying.

By: skyscraper

skyscraper — Thu, 04 Dec 2003 11:55:24 -0800

LT in a thong? Calling rainbaby!

By: Ignatius J. Reilly

Ignatius J. Reilly — Thu, 04 Dec 2003 12:25:07 -0800

It would be better if they were naked. Or at least toplees in thongs. I'm just saying. That would definitely be bad naked.