Hello everyone. Football season is here, and while the regular season is just a few days away, we already have controversy in the pro ranks. Does it involve any rule changes? No. Does it involve more teams in the CFB playoff? No. Does it involve Taylor Swift? Lol, no. You know what it does involve? Cheerleaders.
You read that right. Cheerleaders. But more so who's being added to cheerleading squads of certain teams more than anything. You see this week, the Minnesota Vikings announced that they were adding males to the cheerleading squad. I'm not going to hyperlink the story; you can google it if you want. Let's just say there was plenty of outrage to go around.
When I was little, I thought that cheerleaders could only be female. But then I was told at same early age that males could be cheerleaders to by some girl who was slightly older than I am. And as it turned out, as I was watching college football for the very first time, they were right. The males would shout into their megaphones and hoist the females high into the air using incredible strength and coordination. Coed cheerleading is a rather athletic sport at the college level.
Then you go to the pro ranks, and the cheerleaders are nothing more than a glorified dance squad used primarily as eye candy to the majority of spectators in attendance. But then someone in Australia (as I was watching a cricket tournament) a few years ago went, "you know, why don't we add males into our dance squads to make things more inclusive." That's how Pandora's Box was opened.
The LA Rams and the Bucs were the first to incorporate male dancers into their squads, and now the Vikings are one of THIRTEEN teams to have male cheerleaders. Except they aren't cheerleaders. Instead of hoisting females into the air or shouting into megaphones, they are sashaying and shontae-ing around like a bunch of Solid Gold Dancer rejects. Folks, I usually don't agree with the right on a lot of things, but as a football fan, the outrage here is warranted somewhat. Guys do not wave pompoms. Period.
This could lead to a dangerous slope in my opinion as far as telecasts of games and advertising is concerned. Soon, you could watch NFL Doubleheaders on the Logo cable network, followed by a marathon of "Rupaul's Drag Race." Steve Bartelstein could host the pregame show with analysis from Stephon from SNL, Johnny Weir, and the one dude from "Modern Family."
Seriously, this is nothing more than left-wing propaganda to appease that sector of society. I know the NFL isn't what it used to be but quit trying to turn the NFL into Campbell's Stars on Ice. I'm already jaded enough with professional sports as it is.
Now THIS is a cheerleading squad.
Bonyscribe
