[CaptainCrunch]

If the F+I girls were one of the primary marketing tools of the Calgary Flames then you would have an argument for market pandering.

But I have yet to see or here one person who has tried to convince me to buy a ticket because Britney or Paige or Candy (picking random names here btw) was scrapping the ice tonight.

I have yet to see a Billboard ad that reads

Tonight at 7:30 the Fire and Ice Girls will be skating

Oh and the Flames play some body or another.

Great you made me forget what the original font was, thanks a lot. screw it and carry on I say.

to be very honest when your sitting in the second balcony of the dome your not really seeing the F+I girls around as they scrape the ice.

the stripper comparison is ludicris as is the hooters comparison that's why I mentioned that previously. With the Stripper comparison the primary product is the stripper and the hyper sexualization of fantasy to make money off of said girl.

Hands up guys, how many of you have a fantasy of a girl in what's basically a cheerleader costume shoveling a rink.

Yup girls with shovels, that's a total sex fantasy if you live in Alabama.

And inclusion? Come on, if having some girls skating around in stylized jersey's with bare legs is making you feel not included that to me is searching for an excuse to get angry about something. The F+I girls are way down on any marketing list behind, hockey, music, prize give aways, Harvey the Hound, Celebrity zamboni rides freaking trivia contests your program etc etc etc. Bottom line is that they don't even play any signature music when they come out, if they were playing "Patricia the Stripper" or something tacky by Madonna everytime they came on the ice with a booming voice that said "Ok guys get ready for pant pant the Fire and Ice girls".

This whole thing is ridiculous and crazy.

Hell just for fun I went to their section of the Flames website for the first every time to look at their pictures. did I see them in booty shorts with 10 inch spikes, a slightly leaned over cleavage shot with a come hither Captain we're waiting look in their eyes?

Nope

I saw pretty much a few college looking girls wearing Flames jersey's and skirts that we're longer then a few that I saw at a meeting today. If the Flames are sexualizing these girls to make a profit. Clearly they're doing it wrong.

Unless their target market is the Amish.

note, I didn't intent to upset any Amish folks who are somehow browsing this site at the moment.