For those not aware of this phenomenon, it involves seven-a-side teams of scantily-clad women playing full-contact American Football. Starting as throwaway half-time entertainment for Super Bowl viewers, it gained in popularity to become established as a fully-fledged 'sport' of its own.
Whatever your personal views of the objectification of women for entertainment purposes (I'll return to that later), the LFL is degrading – not to the women involved (who are just happy for the attention), but to the sport. Watch the video and you’ll see what I mean.
