All-Star Let's Start A Pro League

[oncecoolcoachnowmom]

With 30 allowed to be on the roster you have to use your athletes wisely.

I probably wouldn't do a draft first year unless people were willing to move. In the beginning people would have to have jobs to support themselves outside of cheer.


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Can you imagine a cheer draft?

"With 30 seconds on the clock, Spirit of Texas selects Jamie Andries."

Commentator: Wow Bob, definitely didn't see that coming....

 

[kristenthegreat]

As long as I get to be commentator, I'm down.

No seriously, I'm totally down. IOC5 is one of my favorite divisions in cheer, so seeing that be 'pro' would be wicked cool.

 

[flcheermom]

Team mom. Called it.

 

[gofriars610]

can i be a cheerleader for the cheerleaders?

 

[Ashley]

I'm not sure how I feel about this. 5 competitions for an open team is a lot of time off from work/school. It's a huge commitment, even if the travel expenses are paid for. As it stands now, you pick a comp schedule that works for you team and that very rarely includes 5 travel comps for an open team.

 

[King]

I'm not sure how I feel about this. 5 competitions for an open team is a lot of time off from work/school. It's a huge commitment, even if the travel expenses are paid for. As it stands now, you pick a comp schedule that works for you team and that very rarely includes 5 travel comps for an open team.

Yes, but the type of person / athlete that would be on this open team would probably look a good bit different than you or I. Their motivation and dedication would be different.

 

[Ashley]

Yes, but the type of person / athlete that would be on this open team would probably look a good bit different than you or I. Their motivation and dedication would be different.

I mean, I get that. But you still have to be able to take all that time off from work or school. It's not as easy to miss a college class as it is to miss a day of school in high school. For someone with a job, that could be up to 10 vacation days (assuming a 9-5 full time job)

 

[BBinNCsMom]

When I think about this, I think of career athlete cheerleader. Like an NFL player or NBA player. This would be the athletes job for however long they sign a contract for. In a perfect world they'd be paid like NBA/nfl players. And typically those kids quit college to go "pro" ( not that I agree with that), but that's how you would get around work/school. There would/should be no work/school ideally for a pro team.


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[stingrayallstarsbri]

I know I'm not old enough to be on this proposed 'pro team' but how exactly would you get sponsors? Would you email nfinity or someone about getting the money? just curious. I like this idea. It sounds interesting.

 

[cheernerd5678]

This makes me wonder if it will only increase the "we have to get to level 5 or we failed" mentality. I don't think you should quit if you have no chance of going pro, but I think that could become an issue ("why cheer if you have no chance?" Will be the question)

 

[Audrey]

This makes me wonder if it will only increase the "we have to get to level 5 or we failed" mentality. I don't think you should quit if you have no chance of going pro, but I think that could become an issue ("why cheer if you have no chance?" Will be the question)

You could make that argument for any sport with a professional league though. I've never seen this as being a problem for people in baseball, soccer, etc. Most people do it for love of the game, a very small percentage do it for the sole purpose of trying to go pro one day. Yes this would motivate people to work even harder, but I don't see how it would make people want to quit if they don't have a chance.

 

[cheernerd5678]

You could make that argument for any sport with a professional league though. I've never seen this as being a problem for people in baseball, soccer, etc. Most people do it for love of the game, a very small percentage do it for the sole purpose of trying to go pro one day. Yes this would motivate people to work even harder, but I don't see how it would make people want to quit if they don't have a chance.

Really? A lot of kids at my school just end up quitting their sport when they don't make the high school team, even if they "love" it. If they continue with no chance of going pro, they're still probably very skilled and experienced and have a chance of doing it in college. Cheer is unique in that you can start at 17 with the most basic skills and still be on a competitive senior 1 team, whereas in other sports, you can be brand new and only have basic skills at that age and still play, but you're probably going to lose. Even if you want to cheer in college, there are colleges that require no tumbling or are ground bound, so if you really wanted you could even pursue it after high school, but that's just not really possible in baseball, basketball, etc.

 

[mamabear]

As long as I get to be commentator, I'm down.

No seriously, I'm totally down. IOC5 is one of my favorite divisions in cheer, so seeing that be 'pro' would be wicked cool.

for proper use of wicked in a sentence

 

[CGAcheer]

Special pro division rules?

 

[Audrey]

Really? A lot of kids at my school just end up quitting their sport when they don't make the high school team, even if they "love" it. If they continue with no chance of going pro, they're still probably very skilled and experienced and have a chance of doing it in college. Cheer is unique in that you can start at 17 with the most basic skills and still be on a competitive senior 1 team, whereas in other sports, you can be brand new and only have basic skills at that age and still play, but you're probably going to lose. Even if you want to cheer in college, there are colleges that require no tumbling or are ground bound, so if you really wanted you could even pursue it after high school, but that's just not really possible in baseball, basketball, etc.

I see quitting for not making the high school team as being an issue of not having an outlet though. Kids quit because they have no where to participate in their sport. A lot of people can't afford club and at least where I'm from, a lot of recreational leagues stop after the 8th grade. If you don't make your high school team, you stop playing not because you'll never be pro, but because you literally can't do it anymore. I'm sure there are people quitting for the reasons you described, but I would guess that's not the case for the very large majority.