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McArthur Towels in Baraboo, Wis., thinks it has an answer to the controversy over female reporters in pro-football locker rooms. The company's recommendation: a cover-up. McArthur, which supplies terry-cloth products to the National Football League, has begun donating some 2,000 wraps and robes for all the players on the league's 28 teams. The robes and the kilt-like wraps, which are held around the waist with a Velcro closure, come in white or the team color. "They are handy, I suppose. They look nice," said Cincinnati Bengals head coach Sam Wyche, who was fined by the N.F.L. last month after he denied a female reporter access to the team's locker room. A problem has emerged, however: the one-size-fits-all wrap isn't big enough for five members of the Green Bay Packers in the 300-lb. range. McArthur plans to custom-make some wraps for them with a bit more room.