TAMPA - Some of the women wanted more out of their lives, others just wanted a chance in front of a camera. The more serious competitors thrive on athletics and jumped at the chance to be part of a team. Inside a cavernous warehouse in an office park west of Brandon, 40 candidates for a fledgling women's football league sweated out drills testing their speed, strength and endurance. They jumped, ran, pivoted and ran again.

"I am passionate about this," said Jill Papapanu, an out-of-work executive assistant who spends most of her time these days keeping in shape. She wasn't concerned about the implications of playing for the Lingerie Football League. "I work hard for this body. We all do. We're proud of how we look."

It seems like once a generation someone feels the need to take a stab at one of these upstart football leagues to challenge the NFL. The USFL lasted three years, sued the NFL for anti-trust, won, and was awarded $1 in damages. The XFL lasted one year and ended with TV ratings lower than one of those real estate infomercials with the talking cartoon fox.

But one look at the Lingerie Football League's website has me convinced this one is going to make it. Those other leagues were run by buffoons like Donald Trump and Vince McMahon and featuring an unworkable blend of legit NFL talent (Herschel Walker, Doug Flute, Jim Kelly, He Hate Me) and semi-pro caliber washouts. As the video shows, the LFL means business. They're not going to just throw a bunch of hot girls out there and have them throw the pigskin around. You don't roll out an AstroTurf mat in a parking lot and start recording 40 times unless you're a first class operation all the way. You want to play for the LA Temptation, the Las Vegas Sin or the San Diego Seduction? You've got to pay the price. You've got to meet the high standards of the LFL scouts. I'm sure they had them doing the 20 Yard Shuttle in the street and the 3 Cone Drill in the mall. But as long as there are more girls like Jill Papapanu, with a great ass, nice rack and a dream, there'll be Lingerie Football League. God bless America.

PS. How can Boston consider itself a world class city without an LFL franchise? Frigging embarassing.