All-Star Talking About Minors.

[CharlotteASMom]

I also like to consider whether the parent endorses the publicity. I tend to shy away from discussing minors (or really any kids on here) unless the parent has been a part of the publicity or is an active part of the discussion here. To me that means the parents endorse it and therefore gives everyone a little more free rein to discuss the child.

 

[MissBee]

Hold up.. You completely changed the meaning of what I posted. Where did the pedophile part come into what we were talking about?

It is different because females think and approach things differently than males. Cheerleading is predominately dominated by females (athletes and parents). Strangely enough the only part which is male dominated is the coaching. So the interactions everyone has and their group and how they approach things are different because its more predominately female.

Sorry about that. My line of thinking went like this:
I posted about not mentioning anything sexual about an athlete (she's hot, has a nice butt etc). Then you posted that cheer is female dominated. In my mind I connected the two statements into "creeps will be posting inappropriate things about minor females" (hence the pedophile comment).

 

[GTpink4ever]

There were a small number of athletes who posted some things that were across the line and they were dealt with. I didn't personally see anything that I would consider "bullying", but it is possible that most offending posts were deleted before myself or the coaches could see them. The people who were initially publicly frustrated with Cami were pretty quickly condemned by most of the other CA athletes (as well they should have been.)

It's not an excuse, but the microscope that comes along with cheerlebrity-ness didn't help the situation here. Things like mental blocks, roster situations, and moving gyms are all fairly serious issues on their own - even before being discussed at length by hundreds, if not thousands of people through the lens of their twitter accounts.

We do the best we can to monitor what our athletes say and do. However, it simply isn't possible for us to guarantee that every single tweet and sentence uttered out of the mouths of hundreds of teenagers is going to be sweet and innocent. If the tweets of a few of our athletes changes your opinion of our program, then that is certainly your prerogative.

Regardless, we wish the best for her and our friends at Spirit.

i understand. thanks for clearing that up. i'll sure miss seeing her in cheetahs uniform. she was always my favorite athlete from CA.

 

[canttouchthis]

Sorry about that. My line of thinking went like this:
I posted about not mentioning anything sexual about an athlete (she's hot, has a nice butt etc). Then you posted that cheer is female dominated. In my mind I connected the two statements into "creeps will be posting inappropriate things about minor females" (hence the pedophile comment).

i thought the same thing!

 

[cheerKT]

This reminded me of "We're talking about PRACTICE"

 

[newcheerdad]

This reminded me of "We're talking about PRACTICE"

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[chyeeaaa69]

With the exception of the young girl on Stingrays Grape (I believe that's the team she's on, I'm refraining from using her name right now), I think many athletes discussed are of an appropriate age to talk about. I find it actually horrifying, whatever the intention, that a girl as young as the one I'm talking about could be discussed so much, have her pictures all over Twitter and Tumblr, and everyone be okay with it. Absolutely horrifying. I also find it rather horrifying how glorified many of these young athletes are, how cheer Tumblr blogs become just personal pictures of the girls not relating to cheer at all.
HOWEVER that rant aside, I agree with the rules MissBee talked about. I don't see it as a huge deal mentioning a minor's FIRST name when discussing them, it's much easier for carrying conversation, but when that conversation goes certain directions is when it goes over the top. That's where my concern for a young athlete's well being comes in, not just the simple fact of them revealing the name of someone.

 

[canttouchthis]

but what about if we get confused?
on senior elite theres maddie and maddie. which one could we be talking about? maybe much use the initial of the last name? maybe im just over thinking it

 

[kristenthegreat]

but what about if we get confused?
on senior elite theres maddie and maddie. which one could we be talking about? maybe much use the initial of the last name? maybe im just over thinking it

I'm sure we'd figure it out pretty quick, we're not that unintelligent ;) Also I doubt they both do the exact same pass, or the exact same everything lol. Plus someone on here usually clarifies when we're posting comp results. One tweet is usually '2nd stunt from right down' or 'far left tumbler fell on 22dub'

 

[canttouchthis]

kristenthegreat yeah i think i was just over thinking it hahhaa