Cheerleaders

[The_Man_In_Black]

@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?

[Bijou_Drains]

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.

[villa]

@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…

[fortytwo]

@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/

[Deeg]

I heartily endorse threads about cheerleaders.

[MadTheSwine]

@Deeg

I heartily endorse threads about cheerleaders.

^5

[Darth_Sensitive]

@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.

[Enright3]

@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.

Just great! Thank you so much for making me think about Tina Yothers.

[anson2995]

@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.

[tacoloco]

I had a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders poster hung up beside my Farrah Fawcett and Cheryl Tiegs posters.

[gigi]

@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.

[Little_Nemo]

Thank you so much for making me think about Tina Yothers.

To counterbalance that, here’s a picture of Jane Seymour (middle) from the 1979 movie, Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders, co-starring Bert Convy and Lauren Tewes.

[Serenata67]

@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 wear both pants and skirts. Then again, the cheerleaders are the UWGB (male and female) and St. Norbert’s College (female only) cheerleaders. We actually have CHEERLEADERS, not dance teams.