Bodybuilding Weekly: Tampa's Lingerie Bowl is Called Off

Tampa's Lingerie Bowl is Called Off
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Hardbodies News on 27 January, 2009 07:35:00
 
January 27, 2009
Special for Bodybuilding Weekly
The Lingerie Football League has called off its game this week at the Caliente
Spa and Resort near Tampa, but it wasn't economics that shut it down.  The
reason — a conflict over where nudity would be allowed.
When the organizers of the Lingerie Football League couldn't obtain the proper
permits to stage their event in a West Tampa vacant lot, they opted for a place
called Caliente, which bills itself as the most luxurious of the dozen
"clothing-optional'' resorts that allow Pasco County. Florida, to call itself
"the nudist capital of the world.''
The game was scheduled to be held at an empty field on the gated community’s
property.  Caliente was excited about the event until promoters suggested the
locals there would need to dress, which they aren't about to do.  Several of the
players, who feared they would need to go local, quit, saying they didn't sign
up to play completely naked or in front of naked spectators. The league
responded by saying it fired those players for "a lack of dedication.''  The
resort said the Lingerie Football League wanted the area around the field to be
declared a “clothes-required” field.
A spokeswoman for the resort said: “I can tell them where they can’t have
clothes on (the pool), but I can’t tell them where they must have clothes.”
The good news is that if you are a fitness model who wants to do a
football-themed shoot, you can still purchase items from the online stores for
each of the teams.   We're partial to one of our home town teams, the Tampa
Breeze.  These are some serious athletes, not powder puffs.  Check out the
rosters, athletes and stores at http://www.lingeriebowl.com/.