Fans of ridiculous Super Bowl-related money grabs and scantily clad women were dealt a serious blow recently. For the second consecutive year, there will be no Lingerie Bowl. That leads to the obvious question: Is it really that tough to put together a well-run, efficient and non-controversial game of tackle football between women in lingerie? Last year’s big game was canceled because organizers in Arizona didn’t get a permit to run the game. Really? A permit? Sexy is not a crime! But neither is filling out proper paperwork in an orderly fashion.

This year’s reason is even more ridiculous. This whole thing clearly wasn’t thought out very well. From the Suncoast News:

The football event of the season has been canceled. No, not the one at Raymond James Stadium. The one with scantily clad women playing tackle football at Caliente Spa and Resort.

The Lingerie Bowl has been officially canceled, Stephon McMillen, a spokesman for the Lingerie Football League, announced Sunday in an e-mail. The cancellation is the result of a conflict over where nudity would be allowed during the event. The Lingerie Football League, which is organizing the game, has requested that people stay dressed in certain areas of the resort. That’s something the clothing-optional resort would not agree to.

A couple of things:

1) A position exists as the spokesman for the Lingerie Football League. Now we think we know why some people hate our freedom.

2) After having an event canceled the previous year, why do you even take any logistical chances the next go-round?

3) Won’t someone think of the children? Specifically, the 13-to-15 year old boys?

4) Shouldn’t the Lingerie Bowl have the decency to remove the countdown ticker from its web page?

5) This only reaffirms our belief that we shall continue to throw our Super Bowl halftime support behind the less sexist, clean fun of Puppy Bowl. Though as someone who has been to several “pug meetups,” featuring 30-40 pugs, we know those things can get a little rowdy as well.

*The Timberwolves’ eight games heading into the All-Star break: Detroit, Lakers, at Boston, at Indiana, Atlanta, at Houston, at New Orleans, Toronto. Six of the eight teams have winning records; the Lakers and Celtics have the two best records in the NBA. This 10-2 January has combined a remarkable resurgence on the part of several players with an equally remarkable ability to play either bad teams or teams with star players are injured. We whould know even more about this team after this eight-game stretch.

*Favre.

*Fasola-link! Curling can be funny?

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