Like birds winging south for the winter, like whales swimming to warm waters to mate, so goes the path of the prostitute heading to Miami to cash in on the Super Bowl.

The New Times Broward-Palm Beach reports that an estimated 100,000 escorts and strippers will descend upon us this week for what may be their biggest business of the year.

I spoke with two women who drove more than 20 hours to get here from Chicago..."A girl we know came here three years ago [for Super Bowl XLI] and walked away with 35 large," Keisha says.



Both women are dancers, but took two weeks off to come to Fort Lauderdale to see if they couldn't get their share of the excess cash flowing into the Sunshine State. And the trip was well planned. They purchased temporary local cell phones and placed ads ahead of time on escort web sites and Craigslist. They booked rooms at a motel not far from Commercial Boulevard and I-95. Amanda says they even sat down and tried to calculate which days were likely to be busiest, so they could be cost-efficient... They say this trip will be a disappointment if they make less than $15,000 each.

These obviously aren't your '70s Dallas Cowboy groupies: with marketing skills and a focus on operations, so-called "circuit girls" are mutating like the flu and taking it to the bank. Some are even advertising on YouTube, and unlike local street hookers they dress to blend in at high-end hotels and Super Bowl parties.

In fact, one might be behind you RIGHT NOW: Disco Rick, the talent wrangler at King of Diamonds strip club in North Miami, said he'll have a whopping 500 dancers on hand for the weekend.

(No wonder Bryant McKinnie's gone missing -- that's a lot of names to memorize.)

The migration of flesh to sports is nothing new. In fact, it's as regular as the tides. But it remains to be seen -- not literally, we hope -- if the oldest profession will be affected by slower ticket sales and two travel-averse fanbases.

After all, it's not like the Patriots will be in town.