# Do College Cheerleaders Not Wear Panties... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 31, 2009, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-college-cheerleaders-not-wear-panties/515878 "2009-10-31T20:16:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bonitahi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7993a0/32.png) [@bonitahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bonitahi)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-college-cheerleaders-not-wear-panties/515878/1 "2009-10-31T20:16:17Z")
Am just curious. Do some college cheerleaders not wear panties during their performances, for the erotic feeling, in hopes of not getting caught? ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-college-cheerleaders-not-wear-panties/515878/2 "2009-10-31T20:28:21Z")
I am not an expert on this subject but college level cheerleading is an athletic sport. It is basically group gymnastics at the bigger sports schools. There are even scholarships for it. There wouldn’t be any way not to get caught being naked under the skirt doing the stunts and formations they do and I am sure the administration would not be pleased when and not if it gets caught on film. I am sure it has happened somewhere at some point but the activity isn’t really compatible with being partially nude and not have thousands of people noticing. The uniforms include special undies that are a cross between panties and tight shorts and they are revealing enough but still acceptable. College and universities really don’t like people messing around with their big sporting events and the list of people that could be penalized or fired for something like that is pretty long. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-college-cheerleaders-not-wear-panties/515878/3 "2009-10-31T21:46:59Z")
I’ve been to many, many college events involving cheerleaders, and I’ve always paid close attention when they’re doing anything that would reveal their undies, and I’ve never yet seen one without. So it’s my expert opinion that, if it ever happens, it’s very, very rare. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-college-cheerleaders-not-wear-panties/515878/4 "2009-10-31T21:49:44Z")
Pornos are not documentaries ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-college-cheerleaders-not-wear-panties/515878/5 "2009-10-31T21:54:35Z")
Let’s move this to IMHO, where all the [del]pervs[/del] experts hang out. **samclem**. Moderator, General Questions ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-college-cheerleaders-not-wear-panties/515878/6 "2009-10-31T21:59:16Z")
The uniform includes dance pants. I doubt most of them wear underwear under their dance pants (most dancers and gymnasts don’t bother - between panty lines and getting the cut of the underwear right to not flash panty, it isn’t worth it). But you cannot get by in that short skirt doing those moves without dance pants…its not a matter of “you might get caught” its that “you will flash people” AND “you won’t be in uniform.” ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-college-cheerleaders-not-wear-panties/515878/7 "2009-10-31T22:06:17Z")
Google image search CHEERLEADER OOPS shows a wardrobe malfunction with a high kick ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-college-cheerleaders-not-wear-panties/515878/8 "2009-10-31T22:21:51Z")
Male cheerleaders customarily don’t wear panties. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-college-cheerleaders-not-wear-panties/515878/9 "2009-10-31T22:41:44Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > Pornos are not documentaries No matter how hard one wishes. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-college-cheerleaders-not-wear-panties/515878/10 "2009-10-31T22:45:57Z")
There was the _National Lampoon_ cover in this link: [link](http://www.leadpipeposters.com/detail.cfm?stockno=1234). (Probably NSFW, but since it was on the cover of magazines that were displayed on news stands in the '70s I didn’t break the link.) ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-college-cheerleaders-not-wear-panties/515878/11 "2009-10-31T22:50:32Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > (Probably NSFW, but since it was on the cover of magazines that were displayed on news stands in the '70s I didn’t break the link.) [moderating] Just to be safe, though, I put the link in a spoiler tag for you. [/moderating] ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-college-cheerleaders-not-wear-panties/515878/12 "2009-10-31T22:57:16Z")
Everybody would notice these days if someone did that. The skirts are short, and everybody has cameras. There’s no way someone would get away with doing that on a regular basis. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-college-cheerleaders-not-wear-panties/515878/13 "2009-11-01T00:22:00Z")
Yes, and then when they’re done, they go back to the showers and slowly, sensually soap each other up. Then they go back to their dorms and have tickle fights and play naked lotion Twister. ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-college-cheerleaders-not-wear-panties/515878/14 "2009-11-01T00:55:43Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > Pornos are not documentaries _Tosses Dominos application in the trash._ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-college-cheerleaders-not-wear-panties/515878/15 "2009-11-01T05:20:05Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > Pornos are not documentaries They are documentaries of porno productions. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-college-cheerleaders-not-wear-panties/515878/16 "2009-11-01T05:55:43Z")
> [@bonitahi](#): > > Am just curious. > Do some college cheerleaders not wear panties during their > performances, for the erotic feeling, in hopes of not getting caught? Wrong population cohort. It’s not college cheerleaders. It’s private-high-school female students that wear uniforms. Specially Catholic ones. Hey, you bring up your clichéd fantasy, I’ll bring up mine… But if Gabrielle Union and Kirsten Dunst ever wish to get back together for a pantyless remake of _Bring It On_, I’m there. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-college-cheerleaders-not-wear-panties/515878/17 "2009-11-01T06:09:40Z")
Aren’t they effectively wearing leotards with a skirt? ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-college-cheerleaders-not-wear-panties/515878/18 "2009-11-01T07:23:28Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Wrong population cohort. It’s not college cheerleaders. It’s private-high-school female students that > wear uniforms. Specially Catholic ones. > > Hey, you bring up your clichéd fantasy, I’ll bring up mine… MY cliched fantasy is a panty-less Bob Jones University cheerleader. Mmmmmmmm… ankle-length cheerleader skirt… but no panties… ahhhhhh. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-college-cheerleaders-not-wear-panties/515878/19 "2009-11-01T13:31:17Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Aren’t they effectively wearing leotards with a skirt? No, they are wearing “spankies”, which are very short shorts–they are the same shorts volleyball players play in, more or less. I have heard (from our cheerleading coach) of at least one high school squad where the skirts were a color but the spankies were a contrasting gold (presumably the other school color). Gold spankies on tanned white legs do tend to disappear, and apparently when this squad was stunting there were moments when everyone wondered if they were wearing anything at all. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-college-cheerleaders-not-wear-panties/515878/20 "2009-11-01T18:01:08Z")
> [@bonitahi](#): > > Do some college cheerleaders not wear panties during their performances, for the erotic feeling, in hopes of not getting caught? Yes, but their vaginas are lined with rows and rows of razor-sharp teeth. Also, strippers really are all paying their way through med school. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-college-cheerleaders-not-wear-panties/515878.md?page=2)