Post by Banana Cat on Feb 20, 2012 13:46:22 GMT -5
There's a vote for the team name link at the bottom. I say go with the Vancouver Vixens (see what I did there, V for Vancouver and V for Vixens...ok, nevermind).
blog.seattlepi.com/seattlesports/2012/02/13/lingerie-football-expanding-into-vancouvers-bible-belt-and-worldwide/
www.abbotsfordtimes.com/sports/Lingerie+Football+League+plows+into+AESC/6149379/story.html
blog.seattlepi.com/seattlesports/2012/02/13/lingerie-football-expanding-into-vancouvers-bible-belt-and-worldwide/
Lingerie football expanding into Vancouver’s ‘Bible Belt,’ and worldwide
Can’t get enough bare skin and pigskin? If you love women playing football in bras and panties, you’re in luck: The Pacific Northwest is about to get its second lingerie football team.
The Lingerie Football League has selected Abbotsford, B.C. — a suburb of Vancouver — as the home of an expansion team, and is now looking for women with a “healthy marketable look” to play, The Vancouver Sun reported.
Interestingly, Abbotsford — about 40 miles east of downtown Vancouver — is smack-dab in the middle of a region often dubbed Canada’s “Bible Belt.” And it wasn’t too hard for the Sun to find someone who’s not wild about welcoming in a lingerie football team.
“I believe that a number of our residents will find this form of entertainment objectionable and demeaning to women,” said Simon Gibson, an Abbotsford city councilman who also writes a faith column for the Abbotsford-Mission Times. “I regret that this kind of entertainment is growing and that’s why I was opposed to it. I don’t feel it’s in the best interest of nurturing a quality lifestyle in the city of Abbotsford. But the majority of council, informally, thought otherwise.”
It’s still undetermined whether the team will be named for Abbotsford or for Vancouver. But the new team is a sign of the increasing popularity of lingerie football — the LFL is creating a Canadian division, will transition the existing Toronto Triumph to the new LFL Canada, and will create another four Canadian teams this year.
In fact, the LFL plans to expand even further: into Australia in 2013 and Europe in 2014. Once all the leagues are established, a big championship will be held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, every four years, the Sun reported.
In the meantime, the LFL will be holding tryouts for the new team in Abbotsford. The team will play at the Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre, but may eventually move to BC Place in Vancouver.
“While we have enjoyed unprecedented success in the US, we believe LFL Canada will actually far more success,” Mitchell Mortaza, founder and chairman of the LFL, said in an announcement. “The fanatical culture that exist around sports throughout the country was the primary catalyst behind the formation of LFL Canada.”
Can’t get enough bare skin and pigskin? If you love women playing football in bras and panties, you’re in luck: The Pacific Northwest is about to get its second lingerie football team.
The Lingerie Football League has selected Abbotsford, B.C. — a suburb of Vancouver — as the home of an expansion team, and is now looking for women with a “healthy marketable look” to play, The Vancouver Sun reported.
Interestingly, Abbotsford — about 40 miles east of downtown Vancouver — is smack-dab in the middle of a region often dubbed Canada’s “Bible Belt.” And it wasn’t too hard for the Sun to find someone who’s not wild about welcoming in a lingerie football team.
“I believe that a number of our residents will find this form of entertainment objectionable and demeaning to women,” said Simon Gibson, an Abbotsford city councilman who also writes a faith column for the Abbotsford-Mission Times. “I regret that this kind of entertainment is growing and that’s why I was opposed to it. I don’t feel it’s in the best interest of nurturing a quality lifestyle in the city of Abbotsford. But the majority of council, informally, thought otherwise.”
It’s still undetermined whether the team will be named for Abbotsford or for Vancouver. But the new team is a sign of the increasing popularity of lingerie football — the LFL is creating a Canadian division, will transition the existing Toronto Triumph to the new LFL Canada, and will create another four Canadian teams this year.
In fact, the LFL plans to expand even further: into Australia in 2013 and Europe in 2014. Once all the leagues are established, a big championship will be held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, every four years, the Sun reported.
In the meantime, the LFL will be holding tryouts for the new team in Abbotsford. The team will play at the Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre, but may eventually move to BC Place in Vancouver.
“While we have enjoyed unprecedented success in the US, we believe LFL Canada will actually far more success,” Mitchell Mortaza, founder and chairman of the LFL, said in an announcement. “The fanatical culture that exist around sports throughout the country was the primary catalyst behind the formation of LFL Canada.”
www.abbotsfordtimes.com/sports/Lingerie+Football+League+plows+into+AESC/6149379/story.html
Lingerie Football League plows into AESC
'I didn't know it was a crime to be gorgeous'
By Rochelle Baker, The Times
Abbotsford is going to be the new home for the Lingerie Football League's second franchise in Canada.
The yet-to-be named team will play at the Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre for the LFL's Western Division, which kicks off a 12-week regular season Aug. 25.
The team could play as a Vancouver rather than an Abbotsford franchise in a new Canadian league with five teams, including the LFL Toronto Triumph formed last year.
The teams play seven-on-seven tackle football, but the decidedly attractive players are garbed in bras, panties and garter belts, with shoulder and kneepads and hockey-style helmets as safety gear.
Designated by the LFL as amateur athletes, the female players do not get salaries to play the game.
Mitchell Mortaza, LFL founder and chairman, said the AESC, which is home to the AHL Abbotsford Heat hockey team, is a good location for the league.
"[The AESC] obviously has a proven track record as a sport property and from a business perspective it's great for the facility and city," said Mortaza.
The LFL is the fastest growing sports league in the United States, outpacing Ultimate Fighting Championship and World Wrestling Entertainment, and has become the premier women's football league, said Mortaza.
He noted the league is accustomed to criticism when it first arrives in a new location, and its players are dressed no more skimpily than volleyball players or swimmers.
The women who play for the league are former college-level athletes who have few other alternatives if they want to continue to compete at a high level in women's sport, he said.
The players selected have healthy, marketable images and women make up 40 per cent of the league's fan base, he said.
"I didn't know it was a crime to be gorgeous," said Mortaza.
"If LFL strictly relied on sex appeal, it would have no shelf life," he added.
"The sport continues to grow because of the intensity of the game and the level of football that these women play."
Abbotsford Coun. Patricia Ross said lingerie football isn't something she's going to buy tickets for.
However, council has a policy not to interfere with the shows the AESC operator Global Spectrum selects for the facility, she said.
"It's not something that thrills me. We'll see if people want to pay for that kind of entertainment or not," Ross said.
"But it's the same decision we made with Tradex. We won't politicize the venue and (we) allow the operators to make the choice about what entertainment to book."
Jason Blumenfeld, general manager of the AESC, said he's happy to welcome the league and its successful track record to the 7,000seat facility.
The league will only be playing two games this season at AESC, a facility that books a wide range of events, including Lord of the Dance, Megadeath and professional bull riding shows, said Blumenfeld.
The LFL, which has been televised on FOX, ESPN and MTV, will likely draw patrons from all over the Lower Mainland to the venue and area businesses, and attract other shows in the future, he said.
Fans of the new team in Abbotsford can submit suggestions for the team's name via e-mail at lflinabbotsord@lflus.com.
'I didn't know it was a crime to be gorgeous'
By Rochelle Baker, The Times
Abbotsford is going to be the new home for the Lingerie Football League's second franchise in Canada.
The yet-to-be named team will play at the Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre for the LFL's Western Division, which kicks off a 12-week regular season Aug. 25.
The team could play as a Vancouver rather than an Abbotsford franchise in a new Canadian league with five teams, including the LFL Toronto Triumph formed last year.
The teams play seven-on-seven tackle football, but the decidedly attractive players are garbed in bras, panties and garter belts, with shoulder and kneepads and hockey-style helmets as safety gear.
Designated by the LFL as amateur athletes, the female players do not get salaries to play the game.
Mitchell Mortaza, LFL founder and chairman, said the AESC, which is home to the AHL Abbotsford Heat hockey team, is a good location for the league.
"[The AESC] obviously has a proven track record as a sport property and from a business perspective it's great for the facility and city," said Mortaza.
The LFL is the fastest growing sports league in the United States, outpacing Ultimate Fighting Championship and World Wrestling Entertainment, and has become the premier women's football league, said Mortaza.
He noted the league is accustomed to criticism when it first arrives in a new location, and its players are dressed no more skimpily than volleyball players or swimmers.
The women who play for the league are former college-level athletes who have few other alternatives if they want to continue to compete at a high level in women's sport, he said.
The players selected have healthy, marketable images and women make up 40 per cent of the league's fan base, he said.
"I didn't know it was a crime to be gorgeous," said Mortaza.
"If LFL strictly relied on sex appeal, it would have no shelf life," he added.
"The sport continues to grow because of the intensity of the game and the level of football that these women play."
Abbotsford Coun. Patricia Ross said lingerie football isn't something she's going to buy tickets for.
However, council has a policy not to interfere with the shows the AESC operator Global Spectrum selects for the facility, she said.
"It's not something that thrills me. We'll see if people want to pay for that kind of entertainment or not," Ross said.
"But it's the same decision we made with Tradex. We won't politicize the venue and (we) allow the operators to make the choice about what entertainment to book."
Jason Blumenfeld, general manager of the AESC, said he's happy to welcome the league and its successful track record to the 7,000seat facility.
The league will only be playing two games this season at AESC, a facility that books a wide range of events, including Lord of the Dance, Megadeath and professional bull riding shows, said Blumenfeld.
The LFL, which has been televised on FOX, ESPN and MTV, will likely draw patrons from all over the Lower Mainland to the venue and area businesses, and attract other shows in the future, he said.
Fans of the new team in Abbotsford can submit suggestions for the team's name via e-mail at lflinabbotsord@lflus.com.