The ladies joked about breaking up with their boyfriends before every season. While on the four-hour drive to meet their Midwest rivals, the Green Bay Chill, the Chicago Bliss bus felt like a supercharged sorority house. I don't live my life 'oh I might get hurt so I shouldn't do it.'" "If I break a finger on this right hand, I can't do any dentistry, and how am I going to make money," she said. And the injuries the women suffer on the field can be serious - Alberts said she has suffered concussions, but she is most concerned about her right hand. Ironically, her specialty is doling out brutal hits on the field and periodontics. Rice, whose brother, Simeon Rice, played in the NFL for 12 years and even won a Super Bowl in 2002 with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, sells life insurance.Ĭhicago Bliss wide receiver Alli Alberts is a dentist. These women play in the League for no money. This is not just a costume," said Yashi Rice, a defensive tackle for the Bliss. "You know its women playing football with lingerie on, but at the same time we're serious. While it may seem like somewhat of a spectacle, the teams take the sport very seriously, spending at least six hours a week practicing on the field, rehearsing and studying complicated plays. Most football players don't include tanning and manicures in their training routines, but these female footballers see it as just part of prepping for the next big game. We're very upfront and honest about it, and I think to a degree, that's definitely helped in the marketing of the sport." "We just happen to have an entire league of Tom Brady's and David Beckham's and Maria Sharapova's," he said. But league commissioner Mitch Mortaza makes no apologies for the LFL's business model – sex sells. The LFL has a chorus of critics who accuse the league of objectifying women to sell tickets. "You're letting the worst defense in the f-ing league stop you, the worst defense," he told them in the locker room at halftime.
After 18 years coaching men in semi-pro football, Hac feels that the biggest compliment he can pay these ladies is to treat them just like the guys. "Nightline" spent time with The Chicago Bliss, whose head coach is Keith Hac. The ladies fill arenas with all sorts of fans, drawing them in with shameless sex appeal and hoping they will stay to appreciate the athleticism. With 12 all-female teams participating in two conferences, Eastern and Western, LFL promoters say this is the fastest growing pro-sports franchise in the country. In short, these ladies are no powder puffs - but is the sport super sexy or just plain sexist? Welcome to the Legends Football League, where ladies dressed in nothing but a bra, booty shorts and a hockey helmet play seven-on-seven football - ground-stomping, body-bruising football.
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