Not surprisingly, the concept has already been met by protests. "Misguided and misinformed," Mortaza said. "Those who protest or say this might be objectionable to women are those who have a knee-jerk reaction to this. Which is understandable. And I can almost guarantee you they've never seen a Lingerie Bowl."
Got you there, eh? But then he got caught piling on again. "This brand of football is opening up football to a demographic that never cared about it before - women."
Yeah, women love to watch other women play football in lingerie.
Even Mortaza can't believe that, or sell it. Even to the players.
"It is kind of male chauvinistic," Randall said. "At the same time, I watched some of it on YouTube and it looked pretty serious.
"Besides the fact that they were in really short shorts."
Randall said that if she makes the team she'll probably feel uncomfortable with that aspect, at least at first. Others said that it's not much different from playing beach volleyball or being an Eagles cheerleader, and they're right. Mortaza said he was envious, wished he could play out there.
In his underwear?
"Probably not," he said. "It's not my thing. It's not everybody's thing." *
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