- Feb 19, 2013
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Yes this is the way cheerleading is run and that's why people don't take it seriously. My boys play sports and the officials are trained and paid by athletic associations and organizations. Can you imagine being at a high school football game and after one team beats the other, having the officials say...well you won but we think the other team is better and will represent us better at states, so the team that came in 2nd is going on to states. No other sport is run the way cheerleading is. Doesn't mean I don't love watching my daughter cheer and go to competitions. She is happy, I am happy. I just have to shake my head at some of the stuff that goes on. I guess there are issues in every sport. I've shook my head at a lot of sporting events, not just cheerleading. Actually, I have seen officials and umpires and refs change the outcome of close games by penalties called or not called. IDK...i could go on all day. Let's get back to talking about how the teams did over the weekend;)