Does anyone remember the Lingerie Football League?
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Does anyone remember the Lingerie Football League?
It launched in 2009 as a women’s American football league built around scantily clad athletes and barely any protective gear. Controversial is putting it mildly.
After the novelty faded, most people assumed it vanished. But here’s the twist: the league never actually died.
It rebranded as the Legends Football League. Then, after another overhaul, it became the X League—not to be confused with the XFL.
The lingerie is gone because it was unsafe—but also demeaning. The athletes now wear proper, if still form-fitting, uniforms, and the league plays a hybrid of tackle and flag football on a 70-yard field.
They’ve tried to bury the old marketing and now frame themselves around “empowerment through sport.”
Even more surprising, they’ve expanded with domestic leagues in Canada and Australia.
I genuinely did not expect that kind of longevity. What a wild history.
https://xleague.live/ -
Does anyone remember the Lingerie Football League?
It launched in 2009 as a women’s American football league built around scantily clad athletes and barely any protective gear. Controversial is putting it mildly.
After the novelty faded, most people assumed it vanished. But here’s the twist: the league never actually died.
It rebranded as the Legends Football League. Then, after another overhaul, it became the X League—not to be confused with the XFL.
The lingerie is gone because it was unsafe—but also demeaning. The athletes now wear proper, if still form-fitting, uniforms, and the league plays a hybrid of tackle and flag football on a 70-yard field.
They’ve tried to bury the old marketing and now frame themselves around “empowerment through sport.”
Even more surprising, they’ve expanded with domestic leagues in Canada and Australia.
I genuinely did not expect that kind of longevity. What a wild history.
https://xleague.live/@atomicpoet In Ontario, of course we remember the league: our buffoon of a premier’s daughter was captain of the team.
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@atomicpoet In Ontario, of course we remember the league: our buffoon of a premier’s daughter was captain of the team.
@CAWguy What? Which premier? And how did her team do? -
@CAWguy What? Which premier? And how did her team do?
@atomicpoet It’s an old article, so it refers to Doug Ford as “councillor”, but here’s the story: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/krista-ford-quits-lingerie-football/article_b9bc46bc-5b60-537d-9d32-671353bbbeae.html
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@atomicpoet It’s an old article, so it refers to Doug Ford as “councillor”, but here’s the story: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/krista-ford-quits-lingerie-football/article_b9bc46bc-5b60-537d-9d32-671353bbbeae.html
@CAWguy Wow! The story is wild! She, along with 15 of her teammates, quit due to unsafe conditions.
I’m so glad the assholes who ran that league went broke and were forced to sell it off.
