pctmom
Cheer Parent
- Dec 15, 2009
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Personally, I'm excited. I think this announcement is going to force everyone trying out to up their game even more than they have needed to in previous years, especially for the guys. I think it's going to force the males to be more all-around athletes, as they'll need to stunt well and be able to carry at least some of the tumbling score, considering at least half of the males on Team USA could full last year.
@pctmom I knew about the rule but not the specifics, would a country be allowed to enter, for example, an all girl elite and a coed premier, or are you only allowed to enter one level?
Countries could offer teams in either level if they so wished, as long as they kept it to two, and one all girl and one coed. And that was discussed - do we maintain a presence in both divisions? The reality is that with 5 wins for all girl elite and 5 wins in coed elite it would be hard to choose for one of the teams to stay in Elite without being seen as very opportunistic. And there is an argument to be made for both, or either or neither. CCU decided to forge into the future and do what they (we) believe to be strategically the right move for Canadian cheerleading. Its upset some folks but in the long run we are hoping that it will be successful.
We do agree that especially in the Coed division, coaches will be looking for all-around athletes that can stunt and tumble - 18 of them exist in Canada (I know they do!). Glad to hear you support the new direction and challenge we have ahead of us.