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Onceuponalife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-01-09 02:14 PM
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Should there be cheerleaders in pro sports?
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In an attempt to start a serious discussion (please no flaming and insults), I was wondering what everyone thought about this topic, which I have never seen discussed before.

I realize cheerleading is very big in high schools and colleges with the competitions and everything, but do professional sports really need it? I think it's demeaning to women and sends a message to girls that they should aspire to be mere ornamentation for fans to ogle over while the sports should be played by men. I think women's sports should be promoted more and cheerleaders phased out. Do fans really need to be led to cheer? Shouldn't the caliber of play on the field determine how much the fans cheer? Why are sexist attitudes and racy ads being used to promote sports to an audience that includes many children? It's no wonder homophobia and adultery is rampant among pro athletes. Can we have an honest discussion about this? Thanks.
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  -Should there be cheerleaders in pro sports? Onceuponalife  Mar-01-09 02:14 PM   #0 
  - (shrug) If girls want to show me their bewbies for money while I watch a game....  BlooInBloo   Mar-01-09 02:40 PM   #1 
  - Would you feel the same if it was your daughter  Onceuponalife   Mar-02-09 12:53 AM   #6 
     - Depends how good the pay was.  Fire_Medic_Dave   Mar-02-09 11:10 PM   #34 
     - But that would never happen. My daughter will have something to offer the world...  BlooInBloo   Mar-11-09 04:34 PM   #56 
  - Yeah. There is a difference between high school/college cheerleading  madinmaryland   Mar-01-09 02:46 PM   #2 
  - That doesn't seem to have worked  Onceuponalife   Mar-02-09 01:20 AM   #7 
  - Why not?  Upton   Mar-01-09 03:28 PM   #3 
  - I like looking too  Onceuponalife   Mar-02-09 01:26 AM   #8 
     - The cheerleaders - and TV cameras focusing on them leading to commercial breaks...  Captain Hilts   Mar-02-09 01:19 PM   #24 
  - It's each team's call, but I am NOT pleased with the Wash Caps shrink-wrap clad 'spirit squad'. nt  Captain Hilts   Mar-01-09 04:35 PM   #4 
  - Yes, and they should be naked.  MrSlayer   Mar-02-09 12:34 AM   #5 
  - That's the perfect liberal answer.  cboy4   Mar-02-09 04:00 AM   #10 
     - I will heed that advice.  MrSlayer   Mar-02-09 04:29 AM   #12 
  - If fans don't really need to be led to cheer  hughee99   Mar-02-09 01:48 AM   #9 
  - The Florida Marlins do  RockaFowler   Mar-02-09 10:37 AM   #17 
     - Really? I've never heard of that.  hughee99   Mar-02-09 11:08 AM   #18 
  - I don't know.....I can't keep my eyes off of the chicks when they  cboy4   Mar-02-09 04:06 AM   #11 
  - Oh God---  trumad   Mar-02-09 05:20 AM   #13 
  - He said:  cboy4   Mar-02-09 05:26 AM   #14 
     - You saying "can't keep my eyes off of the chicks"....  trumad   Mar-02-09 07:39 AM   #15 
        - Yea, because if they're gay, they must not like looking at women.  cboy4   Mar-02-09 12:38 PM   #23 
  - Yes.  Iggo   Mar-02-09 08:19 AM   #16 
  - Just give me a winning team  Auggie   Mar-02-09 11:20 AM   #19 
  - They shouldn't call them cheerleaders unless they lead cheers  LisaM   Mar-02-09 11:57 AM   #20 
  - Speak for yourself.  trumad   Mar-02-09 12:12 PM   #21 
     - You want to look at breasts, go buy Playboy or Girls Gone Wild. That's not what the NFL is  Captain Hilts   Mar-02-09 01:21 PM   #25 
        - I go for the show...  trumad   Mar-02-09 02:16 PM   #27 
           - Well, we need guys with big dicks in speedos at NFL games too then. nt  Captain Hilts   Mar-02-09 02:22 PM   #29 
              - Hey if that floats your boat fine...  trumad   Mar-02-09 03:20 PM   #30 
              - If they thought it would sell more tickets  hughee99   Mar-02-09 05:07 PM   #31 
                 - I don't know. Women find the sponsors' ads offensive/insulting and nothing is done. nt  Captain Hilts   Mar-02-09 05:23 PM   #32 
                    - If women make up a large enough percentage of their target market  hughee99   Mar-02-09 05:38 PM   #33 
                       - My point is that current policies repel a good % of women from watching. The NFL is  Captain Hilts   Mar-03-09 11:03 AM   #37 
                          - Is that really the question, though?  hughee99   Mar-03-09 11:50 AM   #38 
  - Being from Pittsburgh  jschurchin   Mar-02-09 12:15 PM   #22 
  - Most of them just do it as a sideline  LisaM   Mar-02-09 01:28 PM   #26 
  - Nothing wrong with a little eye candy. n/t  Ganja Ninja   Mar-02-09 02:21 PM   #28 
  - I'd like to thank the people  Onceuponalife   Mar-03-09 01:00 AM   #35 
  - "degredation"  trumad   Mar-03-09 05:52 AM   #36 
     - I like this photo better  cboy4   Mar-03-09 07:58 PM   #41 
     - Dude  Onceuponalife   Mar-04-09 12:32 AM   #42 
  - This woman dislikes the idea of it  a la izquierda   Mar-03-09 12:59 PM   #39 
  - I trust Red Auerbach on this  bluescribbler   Mar-03-09 06:03 PM   #40 
  - Wow. Great story  Onceuponalife   Mar-04-09 12:37 AM   #43 
     - I used to see Red driving around my 'hood - Bethesda/Chevy Chase.  Captain Hilts   Mar-08-09 09:14 PM   #46 
  - Adultery due to cheerleaders?  bumblebee1   Mar-08-09 01:46 AM   #44 
  - Great post  Onceuponalife   Mar-09-09 12:24 AM   #47 
  - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Mar-08-09 04:00 AM   #45 
  - If it's demeaning in the pros, why isn't it demeaning in HS and college?  flvegan   Mar-10-09 09:06 PM   #48 
  - Great question!  H2O Man   Mar-10-09 09:23 PM   #51 
  - Well, it IS demeaning  Onceuponalife   Mar-11-09 01:36 AM   #53 
     - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-11-09 07:45 AM   #55 
  - The Pittsburgh Steelers don't need cheerleaders!  spin   Mar-10-09 09:13 PM   #49 
  - The 49ers have won 5 with cheerleaders---And the Chicago Bulls won 6 with cheerleaders.  trumad   Mar-10-09 09:20 PM   #50 
     - Nah,those teams need cheerleaders...  spin   Mar-10-09 10:04 PM   #52 
        - My point is that Cheerleaders don't make or break a team.  trumad   Mar-11-09 07:32 AM   #54 
  - I think, in pro settings, it's just silly  PVnRT   Mar-16-09 09:25 AM   #57 
 

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