While most of us spent our Sunday ragging on Darren Rovell and guys who bring crappy beer to Super Bowl parties, people at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas got to witness the most important sports action of the day – Lingerie Bowl IX. For the women of the Philadelphia Passion, this game marked an opportunity to help their league open more doors and minds throughout the country, but it was also a chance to quell the disappointment that was the 2011 Philadelphia Eagles season. Alas, they proved they were no Dream Team either, as they lost to the Los Angeles Temptation 28-6. Ouch.

But kudos to the Temptation, Passion and to Lingerie Football League as a whole, because nine years is incredibly impressive for an upstart league that banks its success on being able to fight back against claims of shameless pandering while reinforcing the foundation of female empowerment. In fact, I am going to take this opportunity to make a solemn vow that I will no longer turn a blind eye to my own Orlando Fantasy, and With Leather will give this league and these special, talented women a greater platform in 2012.

Now I just have to learn how to talk to girls.

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We’ve written about the Lingerie Football League a lot on With Leather lately, from their condescending video titles on YouTube to their 4Chan-friendly plans for pee-wee lingerie football, but the latest bit of news from the worldwide leader in mic’d panty shields may be the worst of all — Lingerie Football is offering one “lucky” fan a chance to hit their favorite LFL player during halftime at the Lingerie Bowl IX.

Yes, there’s a Lingerie Bowl. Yes, there have been nine of them.

Here’s your chance to score with the LFL! We’re giving one lucky fan the opportunity to experience what true fantasy football really is with a chance to tackle an LFL team player during halftime at Lingerie Bowl IX in Las Vegas! Enter now for your chance to win a VIP trip for you and a friend to Las Vegas and see if you can take down an LFL Player.

Prizing Includes:

• Roundtrip airfare for 2 to Las Vegas, NV
• 2 night hotel accommodations at the Palms Casino & Resort
• 2 Tickets to Lingerie Bowl IX
• Chance to tackle an LFL Player during halftime
• VIP Experience: Private meet & greets, no-wait VIP access to Lingerie Bowl Weekend parties in Vegas, autographed merchandise
• $250 Gift card

Maybe it’s just that kindness and sexual decency have put me in a position where I can touch a woman for a few seconds without having to win a contest, but what the hell is the selling point to being allowed to tackle a female Underwear Football player, and when did professional sports become the V.I.P. room at Pandora’s Men’s Club? Has there even been a more rapey sweepstakes prize? Do people watch Lingerie Football in the hopes that they might one day hurt their favorite player? I guess that makes sense. “Oh man, she’s wearing garters, and I get to sprint into her stomach with my shoulder and lie on top of her for a few seconds before security drags me away and shuffles me off to the Bellagio with a f**king VISA gift card.”

Somebody win this contest and refuse it. I think the team that wins the Lingerie Bowl should win the right to play their next season in pants.

[sorrowful h/t to Sportress]