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It would not shock me to see gyms now adding clauses in their social media policies barring parents and athletes from saying anything negative about anything related to Varsity.
It's a sad day where we know what we know and yet have a hard time doing anything about it. What about that action list for USASF/Varsity? (AND I EVEN AUTOMATICALLY PUT THEM TOGETHER STILL BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THE TRUTH!)
Same thing it has always been...to try to take over the world....BWHAAAAA!
Sorry. Couldn't resist.
The issue is that we have allowed them to have such a stranglehold that many don't see a feasible way to extricate themselves AND offer quality competitive opportunities for their athletes with meaningful end of year opportunities. I mean if you are not going to their comps, you are buying their uniforms, you are using their resources. Many are waiting on rebate checks to supplement what they are not making through gym programming. Programming that they took advice from them to implement in the first place.
This year there are numerous gyms offering competitions locally in an attempt to take back part of the market share. The overwhelming issues are how Varsity/USASF will respond if any of them are deemed a true threat and are gym owners sick and tired of it enough to say no to Varsity/USASF and yes to going back to competing in HS gyms, college gyms, and smaller older venues? No Worlds Bids, no Summit Bids. But returning to sport back to the athletes and parents and making it affordable once again?
I'm going to play devil's advocate....
We say we want safety and cheer to become a sport but, do we? Do you honestly think high schools are going to invest in spring floors, a place to store them and give up gym floor time for cheerleading? Do you think the school is going to be able to find qualified coaches with teaching degrees to take onto payroll, like they require in some states? If it becomes a sport the recording of injuries becomes more accurate. Do we want insurance companies to get good information? Catastrophic care insurance? If it becomes a sport, do you think the non-cheer leading taxpaying community is going to help justify its existence and cost? Just a threat of a law suit and it's done.
There was a comment earlier about Varsity charging extra to practice on safe surfaces. In their defense, spring floors cost money as well as the square footage they go on. BUT, Varsity also gets the opportunity to find out if parents are really willing to put their money where their mouth is to keep their kids safe. There lies the ugly truth. We can hate on Varsity all we want to but, how much do we look the other way when it comes to safety if it is going to cost us more money? I didn't see any World's parents running up and refusing to allow their kids to compete on the floor that everyone said was badly injuring kids but, everyone had plenty to say about it. We all say we are willing to pay for baseline concussion testing, we want sports trainers available at the gym, we want more security at venues to watch out for our kids, we want better screening and better qualifications for coaches.....On the other side of the mouth, this sport is putting me in the poor house. Yes, Varsity is responding and making choices to protect their interests.....BUT, don't think for a moment our resistance, or lack thereof, doesn't speak volumes.
I'm going to play devil's advocate....
We say we want safety and cheer to become a sport but, do we? Do you honestly think high schools are going to invest in spring floors, a place to store them and give up gym floor time for cheerleading? Do you think the school is going to be able to find qualified coaches with teaching degrees to take onto payroll, like they require in some states? If it becomes a sport the recording of injuries becomes more accurate. Do we want insurance companies to get good information? Catastrophic care insurance? If it becomes a sport, do you think the non-cheer leading taxpaying community is going to help justify its existence and cost? Just a threat of a law suit and it's done.
So surprising that gyms from all over be country had to hurry up and tweet thier we choose varsity support. It's almost like they were afraid if they didn't it would be held against them...I'm sure Varsity wouldn't do anything crazy like that :)
The issue is no one says what the rate of injury is. Just the numbers of reported injuries. The rate is more important than the number.
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I'm going to play devil's advocate....
We say we want safety and cheer to become a sport but, do we? Do you honestly think high schools are going to invest in spring floors, a place to store them and give up gym floor time for cheerleading?
I'm going to play devil's advocate....
We say we want safety and cheer to become a sport but, do we? Do you honestly think high schools are going to invest in spring floors, a place to store them and give up gym floor time for cheerleading? Do you think the school is going to be able to find qualified coaches with teaching degrees to take onto payroll, like they require in some states? If it becomes a sport the recording of injuries becomes more accurate. Do we want insurance companies to get good information? Catastrophic care insurance? If it becomes a sport, do you think the non-cheer leading taxpaying community is going to help justify its existence and cost? Just a threat of a law suit and it's done.
There was a comment earlier about Varsity charging extra to practice on safe surfaces. In their defense, spring floors cost money as well as the square footage they go on. BUT, Varsity also gets the opportunity to find out if parents are really willing to put their money where their mouth is to keep their kids safe. There lies the ugly truth. We can hate on Varsity all we want to but, how much do we look the other way when it comes to safety if it is going to cost us more money? I didn't see any World's parents running up and refusing to allow their kids to compete on the floor that everyone said was badly injuring kids but, everyone had plenty to say about it. We all say we are willing to pay for baseline concussion testing, we want sports trainers available at the gym, we want more security at venues to watch out for our kids, we want better screening and better qualifications for coaches.....On the other side of the mouth, this sport is putting me in the poor house. Yes, Varsity is responding and making choices to protect their interests.....BUT, don't think for a moment our resistance, or lack thereof, doesn't speak volumes.
I thought grass was considered a "safe" surface in terms of the definition? Don't all college teams cheer on grass? And do college level stunts and pyramids on grass? Maybe I'm just not getting the outrage over practicing on grass when school teams perform there all the time because it's considered "safe" to do stunts on in the rules. Now concrete would be a different story.
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Apologize, have not read the whole thread. I do have a question if cheer becomes an official sport will kids still be allowed to cheer for school and all star cheer teams? I have heard rumors kids will have to pick one or the other, but don't know if this is true.