he skin tight zentai catsuit have posed a fresh locker room challenge for players since they were first unveiled by the Women’s National Basketball League in 1994.
And it seems a recent attempt to peel off the Purple Lycra Spandex Unisex Catsuit with PVC Gloves and Stocking for the traditional baggy shorts and t-shirts will prove just as frustrating.The WNBL is undergoing a review and considering sweeping changesfor next season including dropping the bodysuits, expanding into Asia and condensing the five-month season into three.Although WNBL president Susie Reece Jones said yesterday playerviews were divided on the bodysuit, WNBL chief executive LeeanneGrantham today said she hoped the body-hugging ensemble was here to stay.”The bodysuit is part of the strong brand that is the WNBL – the suits themselves have been improved over the years and in my view should remain part of the make-up of the WNBL,” she said in a costume spiderman statement.
“At the time I think they (bodysuits) were the way to go, but having said that I come from a marketing background in my former profession and I know the hassles I have had to get a sponsor on the Black Shiny Metallic Front Open Catsuit .”With zentai for sale a singlet and shorts there are more opportunities for sponsors to be exposed, the bodysuit certainly has some restrictions in that area.”