Cheerleaders' unit forms: Too skimpy or not sleazy enough?

[lib_wit_it]

http://rivals.yahoo.com/highschool/blog/prep_rally/post/Connecticut-cheerleaders-want-uniforms-with-more?urn=highschool-274505

Interesting dichotomy.

[Vincardog]

1. not sleazy enough

[lib_wit_it]

7. I should have made this a poll. : )

[Doctor_J]

9. I agree. And I haven't looked at them

[USArmyParatrooper]

12. Come on in! I made some juice.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Certainly ugly. I remember when cheerleaders' uniforms were kind of cute.

[nyc 4 Biden]

3. I dont see the point in cheerleaders wearing skimpy outfits.

Unless their only purpose is eye candy.

[lib_wit_it]

8. Their only purpose pretty much *is* eye candy, don't you think? Especially in the major leagues. But

then, that's the entertainment business.

[Johonny]

17. They're suppose to give you team spirit

the more your team sucks, the more spirit you need.

Seriously the #1 important issue on cheerleading is why professional teams get away paying so little to them and yet making so much $ off them. Now that's disgusting.

[lib_wit_it]

20. Good point. I guess it's another jack-pot/reality-show-gig mentality for the women. Oh, and I almost

forgot the find-a-famous-wealthy-husband prospects.

[Johonny]

28. possibly

I know some of the ex-cheerleader groups have incorporated to make money after their official status is over. So at least a small percentage of them get what a bad deal they have now.

I think they are a group that is in desperate need of a Union or some type of representation. The officials and the players get vastly better deals than them. Most of them get like 50 bucks a game. No percentage of the calendars they sell. Nothing for all the events they're asked to show up for. It's a lousy deal. The owners of these teams should be embarrassed how they treat these women.

[lib_wit_it]

32. I see your point. But I suspect most of them are not cheering for unions or most other progressive

ideas. Granted, I haven't known all that many, but all of the professional cheerleaders I have known have been Rs.

[FirstLight]

4. Those are way inapropriate

They should look like cheerleaders...cute skirts, pompoms, matching letter sweaters, you know?

Even my daughter who is 8 knows this, she wants to wear the cute skirts...and our girls teams have NO bare midriff.

If you look at the link to the 'photos of professional cheerleaders' then you see even skimpier outfits. but lets be clear, those are WOMEN, these are GIRLS. they should not have to feel like they are in their undies in front of the crowds... professional cheerleaders CHOOSE that profession knowing the dresscode. the kids have no choice.

it's wrong. I guess i am a prude after all....

[lib_wit_it]

11. Well, I hate to be one who doesn't accept change, but not then not all change is good. I am with you

on the old-school cheerleaders' uniforms. Maybe I'm just nostalgic, since I know that on a political level, much of the "Good Ole Days" kinda sucked.

Things have really changed in terms of the "professionalism" of the squads, although they were always more of a Republican kinda thing.

My sister, Kim (Republican light at best), was a cheerleader for the Buffalo Bills in the late 70s,
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and though the outfits were kinda skimpy back then, they were not exactly sleazy. And, believe it or not, my mother made the costumes!

Cheer-leading used to be more of a, well, a cheer leading sort of thing. As you say, though, for girls and young teens, some of the uniforms have become rather risqué. Better suited to the professional burlesque function of the squads these days. More of an adult thing, I think.

Yeah, maybe I *am* just an old fogey!

[HopeHoops]

5. To hell with the uniforms - all they do now is dance routines.

They've even got competitions that are little more than "showgirls" in cheerleader costumes.

[cbdo2007]

6. never skimpy enough but damn those are some ugly uniforms.

[bighart]

10. Let's remember we are talking about girls UNDER the age of 18 here.

[lib_wit_it]

14. Exactly. Maybe the schools should have seperate squads. A cheer leading one and a "showgirl" (as

HopeHoops aptly put it!)one. More "athletic" opportunities for girls.

[seabeyond]

15. thank you. and isnt this about sad. hey little girls... strip down for us old men.

disgusting thread.

appreciate your post

[seabeyond]

13. so, are you asking us to whorify our youth? nt

[lib_wit_it]

21. Huh? Why on earth would you make that assumption from a question? No, I personally am against

objectification and exploitation of our youth. That in no way contradicts a discussion of the topic at hand. Quite the contrary.

[eggman67]

16. If the girls think it's too skimpy, then it is.

They're the ones wearing them, and I applaud them for standing up for themselves. They're HS girls, not cattle.

[lib_wit_it]

22. Totally agree.

[petronius]

31. Yeah, that makes me pretty happy

Adult women performing as entertainers in a professional sports league is one thing, but when we're talking about HS or college students (or younger) the health (and safety) of the student is the first priority. The emphasis in HS cheerleading should be on the athletic aspects of cheer and the fomenting of school spirit (fun) - the eye candy aspect should be expunged...

[RobinA]

18. Just Damn Ugly

If the girls think they are too skimpy than they are too skimpy. They shouldn't be out there in something they feel naked in.

[truebrit71]

19. I have never understood the need for cheerleaders...

...especially at professional events..If I wanted to watch surgically enhanced lovelies that I will never, ever sleep with dance erotically I will break out the dollar bills and head out to the titty bar...and I don't even do that because it's so fucking pointless...give your wife an extra glass of wine and talk dirty to her..same effect..you'll either get lucky or the couch..:evilgrin:

[lib_wit_it]

23. I like the way you think!

[mmonk]

24. There's another way to do it. Have a cheerleading squad

and a dance team and you can have choice. That's the way it is done here at NC State.

[lib_wit_it]

25. I just noticed that I wrote "unit forms" instead of "uniforms". It appears to be an "insert your own

"unit" joke here invitation.

I always spell check except for the times when I need it.

[independent_voter]

26. pic of young katie couric cheerleading

[independent_voter]

27. cheerleading is actually one of the most dangerous sports

i was surprised when i frist heard that, but with all the tossing around it makes sense

[Gabi Hayes]

29. a proud owner of this:

in which this ad also appears:

[Gabi Hayes]

30. big wrong....that ad's from another edition

"The National Lampoon Encyclopedia of Humor".

that one had the Map of the World

Cookandeatacat, India

[Art_from_Ark]

33. Somehow, I knew that magazine cover was going to pop up

somewhere in this thread.

I never owned that particular issue myself, even though I wanted one. But I do remember seeing an ad for it in the issue of National Lampoon that had on its cover a drawing of President Ford smashing an ice cream cone against his forehead.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

34. Never more revealing than the wearers are happy with; sometimes less so.

Compelling cheerleaders to wear outfits more revealing than they are happy with is always wrong.

Compelling them to wear outfits less revealing than they want to is sometimes justifiable, but preferably should be avoided within reason.

That said, to British eyes the entire practice of cheerleading looks weird - such a sexualised hobby for schoolchildren does not look like a good idea.