GRINNING AND BARING IT ALL: AUSSIE SOCCER TEAM CAUSES STIR

          The print run for the "controversial" nude calendar of
     the Australian women's national soccer team has increased by
     900% "in the wake of huge media coverage," according to
     Michael Cockerill of the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD.  Australian
     Women's Soccer Association CEO Warren Fisher: "The original
     plan was for a low-risk run of 5,000 copies, but we've gone
     up to 45,000 and it hasn't even been launched yet."  Based
     on a commission of A$1 per issue, the players "could net up
     to" A$6,000 each, which is "more than most will receive in
     individual grants" leading up to the 2000 Summer Games.  All
     12 team members appearing in the calendar will attend the
     launch today, and "have been briefed" about possible
     questions. Fisher said that each player "remains comfortable
     with her decision" to pose: "The reason this calendar is
     generating such amazing interest is that each of the 12
     players are expressing themselves individually, there is
     nothing contrived about it at all" (MORNING HERALD, 11/30).