Lingerie Football League bringing bras, panties — and now booze — to Canadian Bible Belt

OFF THE WIRE
Rick Chandler

As I’m sure you’re well aware, the for the province to revisit its “antiquated” liquor laws. This is good news for the LFL, which has generally encountered more resistance to expansion in Canada than it has in the U.S.
As for the players themselves, just want to get on with the show.

“Bring on the controversy, I’m fine with it,’’ Andrea Cecchini said with a smile after Saturday’s tryout for the Regina Rage. “To each his own. If they were sending the wrong message by wearing sluttier outfits … but I think it’s done really well. I don’t think it shows any more than just going to the beach.’’

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Saskatchewan Lingerie Football League Team WILL Serve Beer; Gov’t Loosens Nudity Laws
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Saskatchewan Lingerie Football League Team WILL Serve Beer; Gov’t Loosens Nudity Laws
By Monty
First things first. We were surprised to learn that there’s a Canadian side of the Lingerie Football League and apparently it has or will begin play this year. Actually… no we weren’t. Still, it was news to us.
There’s already a team in Toronto, but the league added initially added teams in five more markets. They are Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Quebec City, and Montreal. Then they announced two more, which haven’t been without controversy. The newest teams are in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Regina, Saskatchewan and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
The Abbotsford team got some push back from the city council because, hey, that’s a conservative city with religious values. The Saskatchewan teams have come under fire for saying they’ll serve alcohol at their games. Saskatchewan is the only province in Canada where alcohol is forbidden at strip clubs. It’s not unheard of. Sometimes crazy stuff happens when you combine drunk, lonely dudes, booze and naked women.
Well, these women aren’t naked, dammit!

“Provided that nudity is not a regular occurrence — it’s not sort of part and parcel of the event — there wouldn’t be any restriction against that [lingerie football] taking place,” Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority vice-president of policy Jim Engel said.
Provincial rules ban selling liquor at events where nudity is featured, or more specifically, where there’s “removal of clothing for the purpose of titillation,” Engel said.
“Things we’ve heard of the promoters is this is primarily a demonstration of sport, of athleticism, from the athletes,” Engel said.

Yes… sport, athleticism, athletes…
You can tell this is what it’s all about because there are so many women in the audience. Long live booze! Long live the LFL!

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http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/author/rickchand/Lingerie Football League has a Canadian division — beauty, eh — with its two newest franchises being Regina, Saskatchewan and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Problem: Both franchises — the Regina Rage and the Saskatoon Sirens — have announced that they’ll be selling beer at games. But this seems to run afoul of Saskatchewan’s notoriously strict liquor laws. Provincial rules ban selling liquor at events where nudity is featured, or more specifically, where there’s “removal of clothing for the purpose of titillation,” according to CBC News.

With Saskatchewan being the only province where alcohol cannot be served at strip clubs, people on online message boards and social media have been wondering whether the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority would intervene before the first pass is thrown.
However, SLGA vice-president of policy and planning Jim Engel told CBC Thursday that a crackdown isn’t necessarily going to happen.
“Provided that nudity is not a regular occurrence — it’s not sort of part and parcel of the event — there wouldn’t be any restriction against that [lingerie football] taking place,” he said.

My favorite part of the story is where Engel pretends that he’s never seen a Lingerie Football League game.

“Things we’ve heard of the promoters is this is primarily a demonstration of sport, of athleticism, from the athletes,” Engel said.

Some are seeing this as a chance