Comments on: UConn 1st School To Dump Gymnast Cheerleaders

By: Sparkee

Sparkee — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:56:31 +0000

Have you seen the UCONN cheerleaders the past 8-10 years? I doubt they can do gymnastic stunts. Most are 20 pounds overweight compared to most college cheerleading squads.

By: Bar None

Bar None — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:44:40 +0000

Geez, you guys are much deeper than me. I fell for Brooks’ trap of looking at the lead photo and thinking of Nirvana’s “Smell Like Team Spirit”……

By: Freezer

Freezer — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:23:59 +0000

With most schools going to the solid, clingy Lycra skirts, the acrobatics was practically the only way to get your RDA of cheer bloomers (other than the occasional high-kicking flash).

Which is why the USC Song Girls are the greatest cheerleading team around: they stick with the traditional flash-prone pleated skirts AND pair them with form-flattering sweaters!

By: Joel

Joel — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:32:44 +0000

Damn. Brooks, accept my apologies on “lede.”
-A stupid second grader, although I’m pretty sure that wasn’t one of my vocab words.

By: Brooks

Brooks — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:58:30 +0000

I remember the first time I found out cheerleaders were on FULL scholarship. Amazing. Minor sports rarely give out full rides. Collegiate cheerleading squads get more scholarships than the school’s basketball team in many cases.

By: Showtime09

Showtime09 — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:55:15 +0000

Joel… Grammar check: FAIL

By: jason

jason — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:42:19 +0000

“Lede” is correct:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/lede

By: Joel

Joel — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:31:51 +0000

I hate when they bury the “lede” or when things happen “to” soon. I also love when my favorite blogs are written with second grade grammar mistakes. I know I’m being picky, but as you go after the big outlets you can’t let stupid crap like that get in the way of otherwise good posts.

By: No one important (the real one)

No one important (the real one) — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:21:21 +0000

This entire discussion/subject is just more evidence (to me) that scholarship intercollegiate athletics should not exist. College is supposed to be about academics, not TV ratings and million dollar coaches. The big-time NCAA men’s college football and b-ball are nothing more than modern-era plantations that exploit poor, under educated youths. What’s the percentages of Div I scholarship football and bballers who graduate with a marketable degree versus those that leave the system still semi-literate, at best.

By: No one important (the fake one)

No one important (the fake one) — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:16:20 +0000

I’m with you on this one. Modern cheerleading has nothing to do with leading cheers or generating crowd excitement. If you really want to compete with some break-neck moves, you could actually join the gymnastics team. It’s not about showing off moves — it’s about “being” a cheerleader and “that” girl.
It’s just not bringing anything to the sports they intrude upon.