Op, what did you expect?? Haven't you seen them perform? I wouldn't call NFL cheerleading family-friendly entertainment. At all. I consider you sort-of ridiculous if you thought it would be. Now, it would be nice, if they wanted to broaden their appeal, to have an alternate costume and alternate dances - to perform sometimes for less-Vegas style events. signed- a former HS cheerleader.

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Anonymous wrote:

There are lots of smart, accomplished and talented women who don't need to celebrate their "youth, talent and beauty" - whatever that means- by cheering for someone else. Cheerleading competitions? Dance team contests? I'm all for it. Using your skills to direct attention at someone else's accomplishments is not the ideal to me.

You know, I'm not sure about that, and I have gone back and forth many times as a former (competitive) cheerleader and now a mother of daughters. I cheered at many games where nobody was really paying attention to all the little accomplishments of the players. We have to pay attention. So when you clap for the player who thought nobody noticed him and he's blushing and trying not to smile- that actually feels good. Now at work, I go out of my way to make sure all the players feel like they are valued and their efforts are noticed. It's not such a bad thing. Some days I feel like it's super unbalanced, and there's nobody out there cheering me on, though!

You could have achieved the same thing just clapping from the stand. It's a sport it's basically set up to serve the "real" athletes. As I said, I love dance teams and competitive cheerleading, but the actual on-the-field stuff is not cool to me.

Anonymous wrote:

There are lots of smart, accomplished and talented women who don't need to celebrate their "youth, talent and beauty" - whatever that means- by cheering for someone else. Cheerleading competitions? Dance team contests? I'm all for it. Using your skills to direct attention at someone else's accomplishments is not the ideal to me.

You know, I'm not sure about that, and I have gone back and forth many times as a former (competitive) cheerleader and now a mother of daughters. I cheered at many games where nobody was really paying attention to all the little accomplishments of the players. We have to pay attention. So when you clap for the player who thought nobody noticed him and he's blushing and trying not to smile- that actually feels good. Now at work, I go out of my way to make sure all the players feel like they are valued and their efforts are noticed. It's not such a bad thing. Some days I feel like it's super unbalanced, and there's nobody out there cheering me on, though!

Their outfits are their outfits. If you go to a game you know what to expect them to wear. Perhaps they could've toned down their dance for your event, but I don't know that skimpy outfits and sexy dances from NFL cheerleaders can come as a surprise to anyone.

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Anonymous wrote: There are no great role models here.

You are very wrong with this statement.

Many of them are students, lawyers, business owners, nurses, teachers, pharmacists, professional dancers, physical therapists, PR reps and a whole host of wonderful careers.

The fact that they are talented and driven enough to take on an extra career that allows them to travel the world, perform, meet leaders from all walks of life, support numerous charites, represent our country throughout the world, support the USO and more, all while celebrating their youth, talent, beauty, fitness and athleticism makes them strong role models for girls.

There are lots of smart, accomplished and talented women who don't need to celebrate their "youth, talent and beauty" - whatever that means- by cheering for someone else. Cheerleading competitions? Dance team contests? I'm all for it. Using your skills to direct attention at someone else's accomplishments is not the ideal to me.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: There are no great role models here.

You are very wrong with this statement.

Many of them are students, lawyers, business owners, nurses, teachers, pharmacists, professional dancers, physical therapists, PR reps and a whole host of wonderful careers.

The fact that they are talented and driven enough to take on an extra career that allows them to travel the world, perform, meet leaders from all walks of life, support numerous charites, represent our country throughout the world, support the USO and more, all while celebrating their youth, talent, beauty, fitness and athleticism makes them strong role models for girls.

"An extra career"? People usually get paid at least minimum wage for their careers and usually aren't required to get their hair dyed at their own expense at a team-approved salon, go underwearless, receive instruction in how to wash their ladyparts, or offer themselves up as prizes at tournaments.

http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/10702976/just-cheer-baby-lacy-t-sues-oakland-raiders
http://deadspin.com/rules-for-ben-gals-cheerleaders-no-panties-no-slou-1522379579
http://deadspin.com/suit-bills-cheerleaders-were-taught-how-to-wash-intim-1566239771?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

Anonymous wrote: There are no great role models here.

You are very wrong with this statement.

Many of them are students, lawyers, business owners, nurses, teachers, pharmacists, professional dancers, physical therapists, PR reps and a whole host of wonderful careers.

The fact that they are talented and driven enough to take on an extra career that allows them to travel the world, perform, meet leaders from all walks of life, support numerous charites, represent our country throughout the world, support the USO and more, all while celebrating their youth, talent, beauty, fitness and athleticism makes them strong role models for girls.

They don't bother me. It's not like they are cheering at a the UN. They are cheering at professional sports events which is entertainment in its most base form. The big steroided guys acting like macho idiots are just as stereotypical. There are no great role models here.

I think I would feel the same as you, OP. Like, maybe couldn't they wear a different outfit to this family-oriented get-together, and choose a less sexy routine? I am a former high school cheerleader and I adamantly feel that cheerleading is a sport, and I do not think it is supposed to be "sexy." I feel it puts real cheerleading down when "cheerleader" cheer this way.

I know some NFL cheerleaders and they are intelligent, strong, empowered women and grest role models for girls.

The skimpy outfits don't bother me and I am a forty something with three kids who eats on the go and rarely exercises. If I had a body like that I would walk around all day in a bikini

If they were stupic, vapid, mean and shallow it might bother me. But since they are intelligent, talented, kind and well spoken I have no issues with them showing off their bodies and don't believe it is a bad thing for girls to see. And those sexy, precision routines? Those actually require quite a bit of hard work, talent and technique to get them to look the way they do.

More power to them.

Copy them as close as you can. Take control over your romantic life.

Nfl cheerleaders come from dance, not the collegiate cheer crowd as much, fyi.

Just wait, we may have a former NFL cheerleader as a FLOTUS.

I agree that is inappropriate.

NFL cheerleaders volunteered their time to visit our military installation and perform at our Super Bowl party-awesome! They did a bunch of PR events, for example training with our high school cheerleaders. All great. Then their performance at the party-they are wearing really short skirts, and bikini tops, and they do this really sexy dance. I think cheerleaders are athletes-the college cheer competitions are amazing. I really cannot figure out the value of having these women at our post performing a sexy dance at our family oriented super bowl party. To make the guys feel horny, the wives feel fat, and the teen girls to feel like they need to dress like that and be sexy? Just wondering if I'm the only one who thinks this is wtf.