It’s an inspired bit of sponsorship, if you want my opinion.  However, most people aren’t as accepting of things like Hooters sponsoring a team of 15-and 16-year-old Australian Rules football players as I am, which is why the Broadbeach Cats on Australia’s Gold Coast have been berated since joining up with the Mermaid Beach branch of international theme restaurant Hooters.  Cue the women’s rights activist!

The message these boys are getting — and bear in mind we’re talking 15 and 16-year-old boys — is that … as a young footballer you have an entitlement to large-breasted women in skimpy outfits bouncing around at your games,” complained women’s rights activist Melinda Tankard Reist.  The owner of the Hooters franchise in question, Morney Schledusch, dismissed the idea entirely.  “Our waitresses represent the all-American cheerleader,” he told the media.  “And no, they don’t all have big boobs.  We are all about sport.  We had a great opportunity here to show Australia what we are really about.”

Really, it’s a match made in heaven.  A team of teenage boys sponsored by a restaurant that never got past its teenage years thanks to an obsession with scantily-clad women, spicy food, and sports.  Too bad people read too much into it.

Tags: Hooters, Hooters sponsors boys football team, Gold Coast, Australia, Mermaid Beach, Broadbeach Cats, Australian Rules football, Hooter sponsors 16-year-old Australian Rules football team, Melinda Tankard Reist, Morney Schledusch

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