Lingerie Football is sweeping the nation.
The Lingerie Football League, or LFL "has become the Ultimate Fan-Driven Live Sports Phenomenon - Blending Action, Impact and Beauty."
But what is it?
The LFL was created in 2009 and is a 7-on-7 all-female American football league. They play full-tackle football.
The idea spawned from the Lingerie Bowl, which is a pay-per-view program that airs directly opposite the Super Bowl Halftime Show each year.
The Lingerie Bowl is also a full-contact game of 7-on-7 female football players that has attracted millions of viewers every season, after first airing in 2004.
One of the biggest draws for fans to the game is probably the attire of the players. LFL teams wear bras and panties as their uniforms, along with protective padding and clear plastic helmets.
But these scantily clad women are no joke.
"I think it is eye candy for one but it is also football and it is real," said Kaley Tuning, wide-receiver with the Miami Caliente in a Reuters interview from 2009.
"There were try outs for the team and if you couldn't play you didn't make the cut. I've seen people say it is a joke and it is degrading and it makes me mad. We are real athletes, for them to not take us seriously, well I say wait till you see us play."
MTV2's LFL Friday Night Football airs the ladies' games every Friday night at 10:00 PM EST this fall for the 2011/2012 season.
The Conference Finals begin on Jan. 28, 2012, and the season culminates with the Lingerie Bowl in Las Vegas on Feb. 5, 2012.
The LFL includes 10 franchise teams.
These teams are "made up of the [country's] hottest and most athletic women," according to the LFL Facebook page.
At the Chicago tryouts in March 2011, 200 women showed up to show the coachs what they got, according to The Blaze.
As for the hopeful players' responses to the sexy outfits they will have to wear if chosen?
"I just appreciate playing football, I don't care what they put me in," said one woman.
The LFL is set to expand to other countries around the world. It will launch in Canada with the first Lingerie Bowl in November 2012. Then it will start up in Australia in 2013 and Europe in 2014.
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