All-Star Usasf Major Changes

[nccheerdad]

Rules in football are always changing. Example, several years ago a receiver goes up to catch the ball and he ran the risk of getting tattooed by the defense. Now the defense can not hit the receiver until he makes a football move. That rule has had major changes to the game.

You are right. Rules change all the time in sports when the athletes' safety being the main concern. However, in sports with real leadership from their governing bodies, the proposed rules go through a lengthy vetting process that involves team owners, player unions, medical professional consultants, and are scrutinized from every angle prior to implementation. They aren't just made because a bunch of so-called 'experts' sitting in a meeting room at the Peabody think they should just dump it down on everyone. I am not sure what world they are living in, but talk about being out of touch with the people you are representing.

If these shenanigans took place with a real Board of Directors in any other industry (or legitimate organization), the stakeholders would be demanding for their heads on a chopping block, demanding for the BoD to immediately disband, and form new leadership. I'm not talking about the actual change in rules, but the way they went about trying to implement them is what is extremely troubling.

 

[kykycheermom]

This reminded me of "Do not go gentle into that good night"
both of which fit perfectly right now

That's what I was aiming for :D . That's one of my favorite poems, and one I always refer to when I feel like giving up.

 

[cljacks99]

Was just on Facebook and see that Varsity is advertising a sale on event t shirts...... You have got to be kidding me! I think it's pretty bold for them to ask for more of our money when clearly our patronage doesn't matter to them....

 

[SuzyB]

Well, that's it. It is time to change gyms. Just got an email from my (small) gym stating how they are embracing the changes because it will eliminate the super gyms and will level the playing field. Last time I heard something like that was in a class in socialism. Sorry guys, this is America, and hard work usually means success. The last thing we want to do is penalize those kids who have worked hard for success. JMO.

 

[kykycheermom]

I noticed today that on twitter, if you look back to March 20th on USASF page, they state "Something big is coming...keep checking you inboxes!" They knew this was going to be huge, they just underestimated the collective size of the asc's cahonies.

 

[ztaprincess]

Well, that's it. It is time to change gyms. Just got an email from my (small) gym stating how they are embracing the changes because it will eliminate the super gyms and will level the playing field. Last time I heard something like that was in a class in socialism. Sorry guys, this is America, and hard work usually means success. The last thing we want to do is penalize those kids who have worked hard for success. JMO.

Wow I can't believe a gym would say that to it's parents, athletes, and coaches.

 

[yojaehs]

Was just on Facebook and see that Varsity is advertising a sale on event t shirts...... You have got to be kidding me! I think it's pretty bold for them to ask for more of our money when clearly our patronage doesn't matter to them....

Please tell me your joking. Anyone wearing those shirts should get an anti-shimmy

 

[Level5Mom]

Can anyone provide me with a way to access the scientific research study that shows that standing fulls, standing to doubles and bounding skills must be eliminated? I'd like to analyze the data to see how it was done. I am particularly interested in sample size and control group. I would assume it is published data? I can't imagine the USASF would create rules this drastic without a concrete, scientific, unbiased study......where is it? Can someone please provide me with the name of the study at least so that I can look up where it was published, or at least tell me which scientific journal it was published in so I can do a search?????

I will gladly purchase a copy of it if necessary.....please just tell me where to find it. Anyone?

 

[JumpingJackFlash]

Well, that's it. It is time to change gyms. Just got an email from my (small) gym stating how they are embracing the changes because it will eliminate the super gyms and will level the playing field. Last time I heard something like that was in a class in socialism. Sorry guys, this is America, and hard work usually means success. The last thing we want to do is penalize those kids who have worked hard for success. JMO.

Wow I can't believe a gym would say that to it's parents, athletes, and coaches.

I'm hearing the same thing from certain gyms. "Level the playing field" but the eliminate super gyms I hadn't heard. Just that it would allow alot more movement out of the "super" gyms because everything won't be based on having these multiple, super tumblers. I don't think it would come even close to eliminating them. The small gyms, and even larger gyms that have struggled a bit keeping up with the winning teams with level 5 tumbling are embracing every bit of this. "Dumb it down, then we can win." Whats this world coming to? I blame Obama...

 

[viralscorp]

Level5Mom, I think we're all looking for it...

 

[ztaprincess]

I'm hearing the same thing from certain gyms. "Level the playing field" but the eliminate super gyms I hadn't heard. Just that it would allow alot more movement out of the "super" gyms because everything won't be based on having these multiple, super tumblers. I don't think it would come even close to eliminating them. The small gyms, and even larger gyms that have struggled a bit keeping up with the winning teams with level 5 tumbling are embracing every bit of this. "Dumb it down, then we can win." Whats this world coming to? I blame Obama...

The thing is, sure it may look like it is leveling the playing field, but those teams that could double like crazy (F5 for example) will still throwing those fulls like crazy. The same teams that would have won without the rule will still win with the rule.

Level5Mom have you tried asking Debbie Love? She may be the ones person that could help with that over everyone else, but then again she too was trying to find these stats that they used.

 

[My3KidsMom]

I came across this and it is definitely worth reading. Again not saying I agree with everything but just gives a little insight for some.

Be Careful What You Wish For

by Pro Women Pro Sport Pro Acro and Tumbling on Friday, March 30, 2012 at 1:19pm ·​

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The ironic thing about the cheerleading community reacting to the new rules for next season is that the activity of cheerleading is getting exactly what it asked for. Before I go any farther, two things must be made clear. Cheerleading is not considered a sport by the mainstream sports world although I firmly believe competitive cheer can be a sport. Secondly, I fully support competitive cheer as a sport and hope it will find it's path to becoming recognized by the mainstream sports world and corresponding authorities (i.e. USOC, SportAccord, FISU, IOC).
With that being said, the irony of the situation is clear. The cheerleaders wished to be seen as a sport, now they are getting a taste of it. Take a look at football.
When the wave of concussion concern swept through sports media and the NFL was the center of it, science said that collisions in football were getting extremely dangerous as the athletes were getting bigger, stronger and fastser and thus, colliding harder. As a response, the NFL effectively minimalized the #1 high impact collision play in football, the kick off return. The NFL passed a new rule that moved the football closer to the endzone which made it inevitbale that nearly ever kicker will kick the football through the endzone and no one will be able to return it. This has nearly eliminated the value of kick off return specialists and one of the most exciting plays in football. The NFL didn't hesitate making the call when the decision was safety vs popularity.
Now that competitive cheer is making tremendous efforts to be recognized as a sport (thank Acrobatics and Tumbling, The NCATA), more and more health care professionals are being engaged to study the effects of the activities involved in competitive cheer. More records are being kept documenting injuries from competitive cheer. More professionals in sport are taking a look at how things are done in competitive cheer. This is the same scrutiny and support that most other sports are blessed and burdened with. In the end, as it should be, science dictates the rules. Safety is the primary fundamental of all athletics. Even the NCAA itself was specifically created to address the safety of football players back in 1905 when mass formations and gang tackling resulted in numerous injuries and even death. Competitive Cheer must now be exposed to true science and consequently, new regulation. It might not be popular, it might not make sense and it might even reduce the skill level in the sport. However, safety and science will trump popularity in sports every time.
It's too late to turn back and hopefully no one will miss the bigger picture by wanting to step out of the spotlight and go backwards to unregulated times. There are more growing pains to be endured, but that is the price to be paid to move forward. As activity becomes sport, rules develop. As a sport becomes a more developed sport, rules adapt. There could be a day when spinning three times is the norm.
The teams will adjust, competitive cheer will be safer and a new trend will catch everyone's attention just as easy as the next uniform innovation, which appropriately will now be rated G!

 

[xpressjag]

One more thought and I'll try to let this go. If crop tops are so necessary for comfort and body temperature, why do boys not wear them?

Are you being for real??? Some people...

 

[JumpingJackFlash]

The thing is, sure it may look like it is leveling the playing field, but those teams that could double like crazy (F5 for example) will still throwing those fulls like crazy. The same teams that would have won without the rule will still win with the rule.

I totally agree. These teams would still be on top, still have more tumbling then the others and possibly more dangerous tumbling passes then before because they would be trying to jump through those loop holes left by USASF with their silly rule.

 

[xpressjag]

Well, that's it. It is time to change gyms. Just got an email from my (small) gym stating how they are embracing the changes because it will eliminate the super gyms and will level the playing field. Last time I heard something like that was in a class in socialism. Sorry guys, this is America, and hard work usually means success. The last thing we want to do is penalize those kids who have worked hard for success. JMO.

Well that is the problem with a lot of Americans, they want everything regulated because it sounds nice, but in the end, it becomes something negative. Giving everyone everything or calling it "leveling the playing field" limits creativity and emphasizes mediocrity.