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oh, we did that at mardi gra comp at Hershey.At the Cheersport local comp in Philadelphia they check your bags for food and water bottle smuggling. I would have no problem with bags being checked for weapons and going through a metal detectors for safety.
I don't feel like its needed cause im not saying cheerleading isn't a big thing. I just think they wouldn't go for them because most people don't even know what allstar cheer, school, rec, you name it, is a big thing.
We have a venue here that checked CP's shoe case which was inside her backpack - and it wasn't even a competition; it was only our showcase:confused:When I cheered I put the food in my shoe case or an empty makeup bag. Seemed to do the trick
We have a venue here that checked CP's shoe case which was inside her backpack - and it wasn't even a competition; it was only our showcase:confused:
Probably not too much - this one venue is my least favorite. They don't even allow athletes to bring in unopened bottles of water. No other place around here ever opens her shoe case. And I wouldn't recommend it - unless you have a gas mask...I haven't been active in the cheer world since 2012, so things might have changed since then.
One thing that drives me insane about bag checks is when they are done under the guise of security and then my granola bars are confiscated. I tend to avoid places that use bag checks to force me to buy their food inside. (At a minor league baseball bag check I actually had a single granola bar confiscated in a "security" check)
This may be my distinctly Canadian view point, but in my last time at the airport here they barely security checked me, never mind going into an event. I've also never had to pass through a metal detector anywhere but an airport.
I feel like if someone is bound and determined to cause a mass shooting/explosive blast they're going to find a way, but that the likelihood is quite low that a cheerleading event would be a target. I've learned that we have a drastically different response to terror based events in Canada verses the USA. We had someone do a shooting at our Parliament in 2014. They haven't really changed much regarding security, and won't be changing a ton (This article outlines what they're considering). I find the difference in response interesting.
What about people who, for a variety of reasons, cannot pass through a metal detector. My dad cannot, he has a pacemaker which would reset if he passed through. Same situation for metal implants etc. Are staff at a venue going to be equipped to deal with those situations?
I'm going to shoot my own foot off for this statement...but we are nothing, if not overreactive to everything and anything. It's the American way; not that I agree with it!