Statman,

 

What about the parents/friends/relatives of the cheerleaders that pay to come to a game because their daughter/friend/relative is cheering?

 

Their money should only go to the cheerleaders if their eyes never divert form the cheerleading squad and they never ever look at the football action on the field.

You are joking right?

 

Nope. This actually happened. (The competition scheduling snafu was what you were asking about, right?)

At a football game the football program should get all gate.

I am going to ask a question (remember this is just a question)..... Why do you need Cheerleaders? Let me explain. When I went to CovCath way back when, CovCath didn't have any Cheerleaders. As I grew older and went to the CovCath games something strange happened one year, CovCath got Cheerleaders. They were young ladies from NDA, and from what my daughter was told (CovCath last year for Cheerleaders I think was 02) even the NDA girls didn't like them. Of course in 04 the fans at Rupp fell in love with the CovCath Crazies and in 06 the KHSAA even gave CovCath an award and the Cheerleader Assn even told the Cheerleaders they should look to the CovCath Crazies as an example of getting your fellow students into the game. So I ask the question again, if the CovCath Crazies can do it without Cheerleaders, why do you need them, and what do they bring to the game? Again just asking a question not looking to start a war...........

For the record, I don't think the cheerleaders should get any of the gate receipts.

 

I guess the larger question to ask is what does each school do with the gate receipts? Do they go to the general athletic fund? The football team only? A mix of several teams? Something else?

For the record, I don't think the cheerleaders should get any of the gate receipts.

 

I guess the larger question to ask is what does each school do with the gate receipts? Do they go to the general athletic fund? The football team only? A mix of several teams? Something else?

 

At the schools I have worked with, the revenue sports (football and basketball) gates go into the general athletic fund and they basically fund the other non-revenue sports. Many schools are starting to charge a gate at all of their events though and all of the money is poooled into the GA fund

At the schools I have worked with, the revenue sports (football and basketball) gates go into the general athletic fund and they basically fund the other non-revenue sports. Many schools are starting to charge a gate at all of their events though and all of the money is poooled into the GA fund

 

I assume that is the case at a lot of schools. If so, absolutely no one should ever get any of the gate receipts or you are opening up Pandora's box.

I am going to ask a question (remember this is just a question)..... Why do you need Cheerleaders? Let me explain. When I went to CovCath way back when, CovCath didn't have any Cheerleaders. As I grew older and went to the CovCath games something strange happened one year, CovCath got Cheerleaders. They were young ladies from NDA, and from what my daughter was told (CovCath last year for Cheerleaders I think was 02) even the NDA girls didn't like them. Of course in 04 the fans at Rupp fell in love with the CovCath Crazies and in 06 the KHSAA even gave CovCath an award and the Cheerleader Assn even told the Cheerleaders they should look to the CovCath Crazies as an example of getting your fellow students into the game. So I ask the question again, if the CovCath Crazies can do it without Cheerleaders, why do you need them, and what do they bring to the game? Again just asking a question not looking to start a war...........

 

I am going to reply to this as a teacher. Maybe some of you all can add to this as a parent.

 

High school sports, including cheerleading, are part of school. Schools are made up of students who can learn a great deal about life by being part of a team. The more kids that you can include in more activities, the better. Research shows that students that are involved in extracurricular activities perform better in class, are more likely to go to college, are more likely to stay in college and receive a degree and are less likely to be convicted of a crime. In that regard, I would think that, though sometimes (never, all the time, however you feel) it may not seem as though they make a difference to the team or the fans, the activity makes a difference to the cheerleaders themselves.

 

I come from a school that dropped its football program in 1986 and went back to the varsity program in 1996. During that 10 year hiatus, several people in the community worked to get the program reinstated. However, they faced the same question: "Why do we really need football?" Those community members never gave up and as a result, football was reinstated and tons of young men have went through the program and have become better men because of it. Some probably even graduated that would not have otherwise.

 

Whatever activity it is that kids can excel in, we should support that. If a kid can excel by doing back handsprings and cheers and dance moves, and if it makes her (or him) a better person and more likely to become a successful individual, then I am not ultimately concerned whether they actually led the crowd or not.

Nope. This actually happened. (The competition scheduling snafu was what you were asking about, right?)

 

 

No. The cheerleaders actually knowing about the game! I am sure that some girls know very little, but actually, most females are very knowledgeable about the game.

Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the money from all events at a public school have to go into the general athletic fund? Isn't this why they went away from individual sport "booster clubs"? Aren't the cheerleaders included in the uniform rotation like the other sports?

Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the money from all events at a public school have to go into the general athletic fund? Isn't this why they went away from individual sport "booster clubs"? Aren't the cheerleaders included in the uniform rotation like the other sports?

 

I am not sure. Some programs do not consider cheerleading athletics but an activity. This is completely wrong since cheerleading is a very demading sport. If I am not mistaken, these kids are self sufficient with their own fundraising projects.

At Lynn Camp, as far as I know, the cheerleaders have to buy their own equipment. The cheerleaders, nor the football team, get any of the gate directly.

I am not sure. Some programs do not consider cheerleading athletics but an activity. This is completely wrong since cheerleading is a very demading sport. If I am not mistaken, these kids are self sufficient with their own fundraising projects.

 

I just thought I remembered the cheerleaders doing booster drives and things like that for the entire athletic boosters. Maybe I'm wrong.

I don't think it happens like that anymore.

At our school, the football gate money goes to football except for around 10% or so that the AD pulls out to fund general expenses. At times, some of this 10% comes back to the football team in the way of a new lawn tractor or money for field upkeep. Can't imagine it any other way. If cheerleaders or other non-revenue groups want/need money, they work concessions or bingo.