No, not really. It's the only way they get to play in a pro standard female American football league. I have seen a few interviews with players, and haven't seen any that regard the attire as anything other than an evil they have to put up with.
It's also a league regularly in dispute with the players over conditions and the lack of pay.
Players seem to get treated with the respect you would expect from a group of guys that would come up with the concept of lingerie football.
I don't think it should be banned or anything, and the women are exercising free will, but it is built on a simple concept.
In a country with a couple of hundred million women, and no decent women's American football, you will always be able to find a hundred or 2 women willing to put up with a few seasons of crap to play.
They don't need to keep their players happy or treat them as anything other than a commodity, as they can always be replaced.
If your not body conscious, or your a bit of an exhibitionist, you might even enjoy playing for them. This doesn't change what the league is though.
I have always thought the AFL should chase them to switch. Last I heard, they got paid nothing, AFLW conditions and protections are a mile better, and there aren't rules about things like makeup (this alone shows it's not a real sports comp).
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You labelled it an embarrassment for the US right? Hardly an embarrassment, and from the interviews I've watched and listened to the players were remarking about strategy, preparation etc. - seems they enjoy playing grid iron.
I think what you're trying to highlight is the playing in skimpy outfits as embarrassing to a nation as a whole, you do realize that not everyone would see it that way right? Just like not everyone sees Trump as an embarrassment.
So they where skimpy outfits and play grid iron and are attractive, does that mean they should not be taken seriously or not take the game they play seriously?