Ahhh football season. This blog entry in no way is aimed toward insulting fantasy football. I don't see anything wrong with playing fantasy football or enjoying fantasy football. What I do however have a problem with is the images posted on some of the backgrounds on the site. Fantasy football is aimed towards men mostly but women can also play too. Now when you log onto the website, just like creating this blog, you are able to pick your background. The backgrounds range from camouflage, golf, race cars, beer, and women holding footballs in string bikinis.
Now there is no rule that you HAVE to be male to play fantasy football. Therefore there should be backgrounds that are for both male and female. The one with the women in bikinis looks like this..
http://www4.myfantasyleague.com/2010/home/38391?SKIN=46#0
Now the thought the man is thinking is "fantasy football?" while picturing the half, well more then half, naked women holding the footballs. Now if you scroll down the page there is no equivalent of this picture in terms of men looking like that.
As a woman I should be able to log on to a fantasy football site and scroll down to find a picture just like the one of the women but of men. Why cant there be a background of men in nothing but football pants holding a football with a "sexy" look in the eye and a woman thinking "fantasy football?".
Again this has nothing to do with fantasy football itself. I do know plenty of women who do play the online game and enjoy it very much. But should these women have to be subjected to the pornified version of fantasy football?
I completely agree with your point. It makes me wonder how the application of trying to achieve a more "female-friendly" image of fantasy football would affect the popularity of it among men, however.
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