I like looking at cheerleaders as much as any guy would, but here area few of my thoughts:
--This is a waste of time. It always suprises me how lawmakers seem to have so much time on their hands. This is my number 1 issue with this. If things are that bad in some districts, it should be the Texas State High School Leagues (or whatever it's called there) job to set up appropriate guidelines for cheering.
--That said, I do see the issue here. Cheerleaders are supposed to get the crowd going, not coming if you catch my drift.
Public school isn't the place to learn how to become a stripper. As I remind my students all the time; "there is a time and a place for everything." Some things are appropriate for school functions and some things aren't, simple as that.
--It's pretty unfair to post only the first 2 paragraphs of that article-- there are some pretty good points made later one:
"J.M. Farias, owner of Austin Cheer Factory, said cheerleading aficionados would welcome the law. Cheering competitions, he said, penalize for suggestive movements or any vulgarity.
"Any coaches that are good won't put that in their routines," he said. And, most girls cheering on Friday nights were trained by professionals who know better, he said.
Cut loose, footloose, kick off the Sunday shoes...
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. Thank you.
