All-Star Prodigy All-Stars face backlash, Cheer Athletics sued & Varsity scoring update (NEWS!)

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Prodigy All-Stars face backlash & gym director resigns​

Prodigy All-Stars faces a lot of backlash after people have shared their negative experiences at the gym on social media.

We won't share specific details about the stories. Instead, we encourage you to research it yourself and form your own opinions and thoughts (you can find information on Twitter/’X’ for example).

The gym director later shared that he resigned, allegedly because of a custody hearing and putting his kids first.

The gym also sent this email to team parents, inviting them to a meeting.

Cheer Athletics sued over alleged discrimination​

The mother of an athlete is suing Cheer Athletics, alleging that the gym has discriminated against her daughter:

“PLANO, Texas — A Prosper mother is suing Cheer Athletics, alleging in the lawsuit that the cheer program discriminated against her daughter, who has hearing loss.
The girl’s mother, Alicia Mims, alleged that she repeatedly requested American Sign Language interpreters to help relay coaches’ directions “after watching [the girl] struggle to understand coaches throughout the 2022-2023 season,” according to the lawsuit.
Specifically, the lawsuit alleges the gym limited where interpreters could be in the gym when they could be there, and more, and “thereby [the girl] misses learning opportunities and safety warnings otherwise available to her hearing teammates.”

The gym responded with the following statement, and has denied the allegations:

"We are heartbroken to see months of hard work and commitment by the Cheer Athletics staff to help a little girl safely participate in cheerleading ultimately result in a lawsuit that we were first notified of tonight by the media,” the program said in a statement. “Cheer Athletics spared no expense conferring with experts in the field. We spoke with the child’s doctor, who said a roger device was the correct accommodation for this athlete in the all-star cheer environment. We immediately purchased the roger device at our sole expense. The mother refused the roger device accommodation and demanded a translator. A translator was then provided at our expense.”
“We have advocated for this athlete to ensure she remains an integral part of her squad,” the statement continued. "Cheer Athletics has decades of success with athletes with hearing loss succeeding to the highest levels in our program- including winning world championships- and will continue to provide a safe and inclusive solution- to the best of our financial ability- for all all-star cheerleaders."

You can read the full article here & the lawsuit document here.

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Varsity scoring update​

Varsity sent out an update regarding the United Scoring System and the USASF scoring system...

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