Occasionally in journalism, you get a golden moment. Like a Larry King question, where a statement is so obvious, you’re thunking your forehead with your palm. Or on your desk.
So it was with our recent Lingerie Football League story, in which Stephon McMillen, media director, offered up this quote. Apparently without having to suppress a good laugh.
“We take this seriously. If we did not take it seriously, we would just have half-naked models out there,” he told our reporter.
As I’m writing this, I’m not suppressing the laughing.
Need I add anything, or is it enough to just step away and bask in the reflected glow? Yogi Berra would be hard-pressed to come up with a better description of this league, which features gals running around in bras and panties.
I’m never going to argue for one person’s view of entertainment over another, as long as it doesn’t violate FCC standards and most moral codes. And so when the Lingerie Football League announced it was coming to town, I looked at it like any other entertainment event. Kind of like the circus, except that the women who usually ride the elephants are now crashing into each other with a ball. I get it.
But if you think you’re going to sell this as a real sport, you’ve got another thing coming. Don’t turn this spectacle into an actual athletic contest – sell it for what you and I both know it is: girls in their skivvies. Why bother legitimizing it? You’re already going to sell out the seats at the ShoWare Center on the lingerie concept.
I seriously question whether any fans will be consulting their NFL rule books when this little pony show comes to town. But I’ll never argue with someone’s freedom to buy a ticket for it.
Citizenship Day
Kent is a community that is unbelievably diverse. Just look at our schools to see the sheer number of cultures represented here – more than 100 different languages are spoken. One facet of that is people working to do the most basic and patriotic thing that they can: becoming citizens of the United States. To help them along, there is a wonderful event taking place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in Tukwila: Citizenship Day. It’s a time when some of our hardest-working residents can get free help in making their dream of citizenship come true, thanks to an army of volunteers working to help them. The event takes place at Showalter Middle School, at 4628 S. 144th St. If you know someone who is trying to become a citizen, please tell them about this event. And if you want to learn more, call 877-926-3924.
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