Lingerie Football
The Legends Football
League (LFL) is a women's 7-on-7 tackle American football league, created in
2009, with games played in the fall and winter at NBA, NFL, NHL and MLS arenas
and stadiums. The league was founded by Mitch Mortaza as the Lingerie Football
League, and was rebranded as the Legends Football League in 2013.[1][2] The
league's administrative offices are in Las Vegas, Nevada.The concept originated
from the Super Bowl halftime alternative television special called the Lingerie
Bowl, a pay-per-view event broadcast annually opposite the Super Bowl halftime
show.
Playing style is
full-contact and similar to other indoor football leagues. Uniforms consist of
shoulder pads, elbow pads, knee pads, garters, bras, panties, and ice
hockey-style helmets with clear plastic visors in lieu of face masks.
There are no field
goals and no punts. There is a kickoff to start the game and second half.[3] A
team must attempt to get a first down on every fourth down. After a touchdown,
a team can attempt a one-point conversion from the one yard line, or a two-point
conversion from the three yard line.
There are seven
women on each side of the 50-yard field, one fewer than the eight players
usually found in arena football or other indoor leagues. Teams consist of 20
players, only 14 of whom are active on game day. This means that there are
usually three or four players who play both offense and defense.
The standard
offensive formation features 1 quarterback, 2 running backs, 1 center, and 3
wide receivers. The standard defensive formation features 2 defensive
linewomen, 2 linebackers, 2 cornerbacks, and 1 safety.
The field is
50-yards between end zones, 30 yards wide, and the end zones are 8 yards deep,
roughly the same as other indoor leagues.[4]
A game consists of
two 17-minute halves, separated by a 12-minute halftime. In the event of a tie,
one or more 8-minute sudden-death overtimes are played until a victor is
determined.
Prior to the 2013
season, the Legends Football League was unique among indoor football leagues in
that it played its games during the traditional fall football season rather
than the spring.
Each team is loosely
patterned after, and uses the same color scheme as, a professional football
team in the area. Most of the time, the teams are based on NFL teams, although
in cities without NFL teams, UFL (Las Vegas, Orlando), and former NFL (Los Angeles)
teams' color schemes have been used. In Canada, the teams are based on either
CFL teams (Toronto, Regina) or ice hockey teams (BC, Saskatoon). All but two of
the LFL's teams use singular nicknames, a property shared by other women's
sports leagues such as the WNBA and WPS. -Wikipedia
