BY LIZ BARRETT
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
I just got a press release from Scores New York, a "gentleman's club" that is lobbying for pole dancing to become an Olympic sport.
Pole dancing, like pole vaulting, actually has a national governing body, the U.S. Pole Dance Federation. It has national competitions and takes itself seriously as a sport. A sexy sport, but still, a sport.
We should have seen this coming when rhythmic gymnastics got a spot on the Olympic podium. Ribbons, poles, what's the difference, really? Other than the fact that nobody's stuffing dollar bills down the panties of the girls on the gymnastic teams, of course.
Here's how ESPN put it, before the national pole dancing championships last March:
