I’m assuming the creators started bikini basketball after the success of football’s Lingerie League. The Spice however is having a bit of trouble. The Spice, a founding member of the brand new professional women’s hoops league, is left without a venue to hold tryouts after the Miami-Dade County Public Schools banned the team from high school campuses! Read more after the jump.
“It was miscommunication,” said team owner A.J. McArthur. “The girls wear sports bras and shorts, nothing you won’t see on a beach.
“But the school board doesn’t want us there. We’re in contact with Florida International University to use their gym.”
McArthur, a 26-year-old Miami Gardens web operator and an alumnus of the county school system, argued nothing about the league is offensive. Like the WNBA, he said, it will appeal to families.
School officials see it differently.
“That event is not happening,” school board spokesman John Schuster. “It was never officially authorized. We pay close attention to people who ask to use our facilities. It’s doubtful they would’ve gotten permission. Have you seen their poster?
“It’s as much about quality basketball as sexy women,” McArthur said. “We reached out to WNBA players and some of the women who played professionally in Europe.”
League president and team owner AJ McArthur says the Spice have postponed their tryouts to next week.
