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Friday, February 3, 2012

Women's gridiron 'too sexy' for Coast

Ldies footy team Ladies Football League memebrs Xgirl (Tatula), Thumpa (Tiafi), Loaded (Hayley) and Goddess (Lauren). Picture: Marc Robertson Source: The Courier-Mail

Ladies footy team Ladies Football League memebrs Xgirl (Tatula), Thumpa (Tiafi), Loaded (Hayley) and Goddess (Lauren). Picture: Marc Robertson Source: The Courier-Mail

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A START-UP Australian gridiron league featuring teams of women in skimpy outfits has been deemed too outrageous even for the Gold Coast glitter strip.

Mayor Ron Clarke said he would not welcome the Ladies Football League to the home of the gold bikini-clad meter maids, saying sport and sex don't mix.

The league, which will see girls in croptops and hot pants fighting it out on the football field, is in the planning phase and founder Tautala Fa'anana-Schultz said it had already attracted major TV and sponsor interest.

Four teams from NSW and Queensland are ready, with plans under way for Victorian sides.

Girls train at two Gold Coast locations but Clarke is not a fan.

"If you want to play sport, I welcome it. But play sport, don't try and be show ponies,'' he said.

"This isn't getting attention for an athletic ability - anyone who wants to get dressed up in their underwear aren't playing for their sport's sake.''

But Fa'anana-Schultz said the league would "empower women''.

"We're not (American equivalent) Lingerie Football League,'' she said.

"It's definitely feminine, but we're pushing hot and sporty. We want to celebrate being female. The league is about the athleticism of the girls.''

National Council of Women of Australia President Margaret Findlater-Smith said the league was a "sad indictment of women''.

The Aussie players will be slightly more covered up than their lace-clad US counterparts and will also wear knee pads, shoulder guards and helmets.


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