Sports I lustraded

What? It's not every high school girls dream in life to become a cheerleader? Well, the girls at Cheerleaders SUCK! don't think so. Here is what they think of cheerleading:

"Many people, including the pathetic, attention-hungry cheerleaders, think becoming a cheerleader is the height of accomplishments, the validation of their superiority. We think that if they stepped back and took a look at themselves, they'd realize what surrealistic clowns they really are. "

Ouch. No holding back here! While I think it is sad to read high school girls who have the vocabulary of the roughest navy seaman, they do make some good points and provide us with a fascinating look into the minds of young girls who don't like cheerleading.

This is a collection of links to various cheerleader hating sites, diaries, blogs and even a few pro cheer sites that are here to illustrate the point that most high school cheerleaders are selfish, elitist and a little rude too.

At the cheerleading Rules page, written by a cheerleader, there are more than a few quotes about cheerleading and some look like they were copied from bumperstickers.

• *"First god created man. Then said to himself, "I can do better." And invented women. Then he said to himself, "I can do better." And he invented a cheerleader.* OH, that's how it happened. I see.
• *There are three types of people in this world. The Cheerleaders, the ones who WANT to be cheerleaders, and the ones who want to GET with cheerleaders. Which are you?* Uh, none of the above, just like most people on the planet.
• *All women are created equal, then a few become cheerleaders* I think most women would take offence to this.
• *don't hate me cause im a cheerleader hate me cause ur boyfriend LOVES that I am* I'd suggest finding a new boyfriend, but that's just me.

This page has many more quotes. But my favorite is the one our young author leaves us with:

iM SeXy iM CuTe iM PoPuLaR 2 BooT iM BiTcH'N GrEaT HaiR tHe BoYs LoVe 2StaRe iM SwEEt iM HoT iM EvErYtHiNg uR NoT Im WICKED im COOl i DOMINATE the SCHOOL* *Im MIGHTY i ROAR i SWEAR im NOT a wH*RE* u CaN HaTe Me i DoNt LiKe u EiTheR MaYbe ThAtS B~CaUse iM A ChEErLeAdEr!~

Well, at least someone taught her the important things in life like great hair, popularity and the abilty to steal your friends lovers.

The crown jewel of this sites links is the very fine opinion article by an unknown senior student in the Bay Eagle at ESHS. The good news is that this young person can actually write well organized thoughts and refrain from using the F word every three words. Finally some hope for the future in today's surfing!

This person makes some great points about the need for pep rallies and how antiquated most high school rituals like homecoming and pep rallies are. "Gone are the days where the football star dates the captain of the cheerleading squad while they ride around together in the homecoming parade as king and queen. No longer does the band play a school song to which the student body knows the words." and they do have a point.

But isn't it tradition? What would high school be like without these things. Shouldn't we try and retain something from the past? Isn't tradition important? This young author answers:

"The administration says, "Pep rallies are tradition." So was slavery. Just because something is a tradition doesn't mean that it is a good idea." "The school isn't forced to watch the Biology Club give a speech on water conservation, so why is it forced to watch the cheerleaders?"

And again, they have a valid point. But don't kid's like rallies? Are they not a fun way to get together as a whole school and let loose once in a while? Even the non sports kids must enjoy the pep rallies and sports assemblies to cheer their school to victory, exert a little spare energy and show some pride in the one group they all share in common? Our author responds:

"Senior Jon Dragone said, "I would rather watch a porno starring Oprah Winfrey
than watch the cheerleaders at a PEP Rally." Senior Alex Evers says, "Put me out there and I'll do better." Obviously the poor quality of the cheerleading routines is beginning to become the norm. A cheerleader who requested not to be identified said, "The audience hates us; I don't know why we're even out there."

... I personally do not want to waste my time watching the cheerleaders make fools out of themselves, nor do I care about the football team. And after the last rally before Homecoming I truly would rather have been in class than watch the spirit team roll around in the dirt like swine. "

If you listen to this article most students don't enjoy these events at all and spend most of their time laughing at the people on the field. I guess even some of the cheerleaders are not enjoying pep rallies anymore either while they may be loosing some of their popularity too.

"More evidence proving the indifference of students towards stale traditions such as Coronation is the election of Jose Perez Sophomore year because he was mistakenly put on the girls side of the ballot. This year, John dais was elected to Senior Class Prince by people who didn't want to elect someone who only represents a small, elite group of people otherwise known as the "cool group". I would like to personally say that it was one of the highlights of my high school experience thus far watching John Diaz accept his award wearing an eye patch."

Sounds to me like someone popular on the voting committee decided to humiliate poor Jose and their fiendish scheme back fired. Otherwise how would a Jose get put on the girls side of the ballot? But that's only my gut instinct. Anyway you look at it this is a pretty funny story that shows many, if not most high school kids could care less about sports and that the old power jocks and cheerleaders used to hold in our educational system may be eroding. But in my day we tried such things and it had little influence over the grand scheme of things.

Check out this site for a few laughs and some good things to think about. Let's lustrate the evil out of cheerleading and get back to the old fashioned fun they used to represent.