Wonderwall wrote:hmmmm nice one SeppFootball's most senior administrator attracted the wrath of the women's game last night by suggesting female players wear tighter shorts to promote "a more female aesthetic".
Sepp Blatter, the president of the world governing body Fifa, said women should have skimpier kit to increase the popularity of the game. "Let the women play in more feminine clothes like they do in volleyball," he said.
"They could, for example, have tighter shorts. Female players are pretty, if you excuse me for saying so, and they already have some different rules to men - such as playing with a lighter ball. That decision was taken to create a more female aesthetic, so why not do it in fashion?"
Full article here http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2004/jan/1 ... all.gender
He obviously has seen my set of thunder thighs, not really designed for hot pants...:-)