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For what it's worth, I like the idea that the USASF came up with standards for uniforms. Every other sport has them, why not cheer? Now you might not like the standards that they came up with (and I'm ambivalent about the whole crop top debate these days) but I think they're a reasonable starting point. However, it seems like many would rather go back to letting "gyms decide" or "let it be a free-for-all".
And to me, that speaks the bigger issue - which is that people are bristling against the idea of the USASF regulating anything regarding cheer. Whether it's tumbling rules or uniforms, age grids or music, the idea that the staid, fuddy-duddy, incompetent USASF gets involved is either a.) a conspiracy with Varsity or b.) bureacracy run amok.
Look, folks: if we want to be taken seriously as a sport, we need a real governing body. For all the USASF's flaws - they're at least trying to be that in the U.S. But I'm convinced there's a segment of the cheer world that, deep down, doesn't want a governing body at all. Or if they do, they want one that will rubber-stamp whatever their gym does.
And to me, that speaks the bigger issue - which is that people are bristling against the idea of the USASF regulating anything regarding cheer. Whether it's tumbling rules or uniforms, age grids or music, the idea that the staid, fuddy-duddy, incompetent USASF gets involved is either a.) a conspiracy with Varsity or b.) bureacracy run amok.
Look, folks: if we want to be taken seriously as a sport, we need a real governing body. For all the USASF's flaws - they're at least trying to be that in the U.S. But I'm convinced there's a segment of the cheer world that, deep down, doesn't want a governing body at all. Or if they do, they want one that will rubber-stamp whatever their gym does.