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Under the guise of competition I think this is sportsmanship. If not what would you call it, vengeance?
Cheer Dad = broke dad
No, THIS is Vengeance.

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Under the guise of competition I think this is sportsmanship. If not what would you call it, vengeance?
Cheer Dad = broke dad
Well played Mama. :)No, THIS is Vengeance.
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I appreciate the candid responses from everyone, especially the coaches and owners. I was not sure if this happened in other areas of the country.
I think it is very interesting that some people chose to attack me. You can attack the messenger all you want, but it made our gym look bad. It seems like some of you are going on the offensive or have your own agendas. As for the supposed bad blood between the programs, I saw plenty of pictures of kids from both teams together at this competition. The kids get it, it is about cheer.
I have posted plenty of positive information about our program. But I can't sit here and pretend that what I saw didn't happen. We had people cheering when a stunt fell with a kid in it who was on our national championship team last year. It did not sit well with me and other parents. Should we address it with coaches and owners? Maybe, but that is kind of hard to do when some coaches were involved. It is a delicate situation.
Coaches will coach what ever way they want and owners can do whatever they want. As a parent, my job is to ensure that my kid know that this type of behavior was not acceptable. This is what I can control.
I appreciate the candid responses from everyone, especially the coaches and owners. I was not sure if this happened in other areas of the country.
I think it is very interesting that some people chose to attack me. You can attack the messenger all you want, but it made our gym look bad. It seems like some of you are going on the offensive or have your own agendas. As for the supposed bad blood between the programs, I saw plenty of pictures of kids from both teams together at this competition. The kids get it, it is about cheer.
I have posted plenty of positive information about our program. But I can't sit here and pretend that what I saw didn't happen. We had people cheering when a stunt fell with a kid in it who was on our national championship team last year. It did not sit well with me and other parents. Should we address it with coaches and owners? Maybe, but that is kind of hard to do when some coaches were involved. It is a delicate situation.
Coaches will coach what ever way they want and owners can do whatever they want. As a parent, my job is to ensure that my kid know that this type of behavior was not acceptable. This is what I can control.
Personally, nothing brings me more joy than kicking some Itty Bitty Kitties or stomping some Grapies when they're down. Love making a Tiny cry. :rolleyes: Five to seven years separate our Tinies from our Seniors in the age grid depending on whether it's a World's team, or not. Well, gotta go, I have puppies to kick.
At least I'm not the only one. Reading through this thread made me feel like I was gonna go to heck for all the times I "celebrated" over a team I competed against having a problem. I will openly admit I sat staring at one of the front runners in our division at worlds fall apart and squeezing my mom's hand to try and hold it in. It's human nature (but I'm probably still going to heck for it)Maybe I'm just a bit of a jerk, but the first thought that goes through my mind when a competitor falls is happiness, and if I don't see their run, the first thing I say when I'm off the mat to anyone that saw the run was "did we hit better than them?" Then again, I'd never cheer during their run if they fell, though I've probably cracked a smile more than once.
I'm curious as to how vocal and obvious these "celebrations" were, though. Maybe I do disagree with the actions the OP brought up.
At least I'm not the only one. Reading through this thread made me feel like I was gonna go to heck for all the times I "celebrated" over a team I competed against having a problem. I will openly admit I sat staring at one of the front runners in our division at worlds fall apart and squeezing my mom's hand to try and hold it in. It's human nature (but I'm probably still going to heck for it)
I tried to hold it in, only squealing (you couldn't hear it over the roar of everyone else though) but by day 3 I was full out sobbing during everyone in our division so that is a different story...It's okay to be happy to have a shot at winning, and the way you described seems respectful to the opposing struggling team. It's not like you started cheering, chanting, openly celebrating during their routine (or did you :D ? you actually only said you tried to hold it in :rolleyes:)