No China Bowl, No Patriots Chinese Calendar
The always excellent Deadspin.com reported Tuesday on the fate of 2007 New England Patriots Chinese Cheerleader Swimsuit Calendar, one of the many Chinese-themed items offered to “celebrate the Patriots historic trip to China in 2007.” Except the Patriots are no longer making any historic trip to China in 2007 as their August 7th game against the Seattle Seahawks in Beijing was cancelled by the NFL Monday. So the cheerleaders will just have to sit tight and stay tight so they can fit into those swimsuits in 2009, when the rescheduled game will be played. Something that Deadspin didn’t note in its post is the strange description of the calendar at the Pats’ online store. First it says your typical bullshit description: “The 2007 New England Patriots Chinese Cheerleader Calendar is now available! This beautiful, reversible calendar features two Patriots Cheerleaders per month in high quality full color images blah blah blah.” And then in bold lettering, it says, “This special Chinese edition also has special photo inserts of each cheerleader in full uniform, not included in the regular calendar version!” What? What kind of sickos do the Patriots think Chinese men are? Why would special photo inserts of hot young cheerleaders in full football uniforms be some added bonus for Chinese dudes? For a Chinese guy thinking of paying the $19.95, will the girls in full pads push him over the edge? If they want to make the Swimsuit calendar more “Chinese,” I suggest making all the girls dress in one-piece bathing suits and not smile in any of the photos.
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