# Cheerleaders **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 26, 2009, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheerleaders/515119 "2009-10-26T00:49:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_In_Black)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheerleaders/515119/21 "2009-10-26T21:13:40Z")
> [@Darth\_Sensitive](#): > > They wear shorts because it’s hotter, and they don’t have parents complaining about how short their daughter’s shorts are. What? I think skirts are much hotter than those shorts. Do most people find the shorts hotter? ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheerleaders/515119/22 "2009-10-26T21:18:53Z")
I think all the pro teams have a rule that players cannot date cheerleaders. Guess they don’t want players too distracted over 1 girl on the sideline. ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheerleaders/515119/23 "2009-10-26T21:25:25Z")
> [@chowder](#): > > Having viewed that link I’ve changed my mind about my comments in post 10. > > I _can_ imagine them at an English football match, sadly it will never become a reality Out in India recently I went to a cricket match and was certainly surprised to see cheerleaders… ---
**Author:** ![fortytwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f9ae1b/32.png) [@fortytwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fortytwo)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheerleaders/515119/24 "2009-10-26T22:22:58Z")
> [@chowder](#): > > Having viewed that link I’ve changed my mind about my comments in post 10. > > I _can_ imagine them at an English football match, sadly it will never become a reality The trouble with you Premier League lot is not knowing anything about the lower leagues. 🙂 [http://www.hottestgirlsofcheerleading.com/2008/11/10/southend-uniteds-bluebelles-are-pretty-tasty/](http://www.hottestgirlsofcheerleading.com/2008/11/10/southend-uniteds-bluebelles-are-pretty-tasty/) ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheerleaders/515119/25 "2009-10-26T23:02:06Z")
I heartily endorse threads about cheerleaders. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheerleaders/515119/26 "2009-10-26T23:14:34Z")
> [@Deeg](#): > > I heartily endorse threads about cheerleaders. ^5 ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheerleaders/515119/27 "2009-10-27T02:50:28Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Shorts are hotter than barely-there skirts and panties? In my opinion, yes. Your stereotypical cheer skirt (not what the Chargers have above) is more there than the shorts that the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders wear for example. Also, more form fitting. Though as said above, I’m not picky. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheerleaders/515119/28 "2009-10-27T14:13:33Z")
> [@Darryl\_Lict](#): > > The Laker Girls seem to make about 4 costume changes a game, and some of the uniforms are skirts, if you can call one square foot of material a [skirt](http://www.nba.com/lakers/lakergirls/lakergirl_auditions.html). Just great! Thank you so much for making me think about [Tina Yothers](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099968/). ---
**Author:** ![anson2995](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@anson2995](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anson2995)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheerleaders/515119/29 "2009-10-27T14:18:54Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > They get paid. Some universities offer full scholarships for their cheerleading squad (better conditions than the academic scholarships). The ones working for professional teams are as professional as the players. No they’re not. Unlike the players, it’s not a fulltime job for 99% of them, and the pay is modest. Some cheerleaders for pro teams are not paid. Almost all of the schools that offer athletic scholarships give full scholarships to their cheerleaders, one of the results of Title IX legislation. ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheerleaders/515119/30 "2009-10-27T14:31:16Z")
I had a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders poster hung up beside my Farrah Fawcett and Cheryl Tiegs posters. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheerleaders/515119/31 "2009-10-27T16:29:13Z")
> [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](#): > > What? I think skirts are much hotter than those shorts. Do most people find the shorts hotter? I thgouth the original comment meant it was hotter outside, but then Green Bay was mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheerleaders/515119/32 "2009-10-27T16:41:45Z")
> [@](#): > > Thank you so much for making me think about Tina Yothers. To counterbalance that, here’s a picture of [Jane Seymour](http://blackdcc.net/Quickstart/ImageLib/DCC_themovie1.jpg) (middle) from the 1979 movie, _Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders_, co-starring Bert Convy and Lauren Tewes. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheerleaders/515119/33 "2009-10-28T16:09:23Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > They may or may not have worn hot pants from day one, but the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders definitely weren’t the first in the NFL – both Baltimore and Green Bay had cheerleaders before Dallas was even in the league. > > It’s possible the Green Bay Golden Girls were the first to wear dancer outfits instead of cheerleaders skirts, but I can’t find any dated photos to back that up. The [Packer cheerleaders](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers_cheerleaders) wear both [pants and skirts](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:UWGB_Packers_Cheerleaders_%2706-%2707_Stunting.jpg). Then again, the cheerleaders are the UWGB (male and female) and St. Norbert’s College (female only) cheerleaders. We actually have [CHEERLEADERS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheerleader), not [dance teams](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_squad#Professional). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheerleaders/515119.md?page=1)