- May 10, 2011
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Preach. I can think of a team that fits this description well. When they came out at a recent competition and the people I was with who had never seen them before just had their jaws on the floor (this team I'm thinking of is highly atypical for their division) I just shrugged. Were not in that division personally but I feel bad for the kids that were. There were R5s on this team competing level 2. Oddly, I wouldn't be down with that if I were a parent but the ones I've seen on social media are not only good with it, they get downright testy when people question why their level 5 is on a level 2. Makes very little sense to me unless winning is just that important.I know we talk about sandbagging as taking kids from higher teams and using them on lower teams, or dropping higher teams completely to a lower level, but how about gyms that just keep their kids on a youth 2 for example for 2, 3, 4 years in a row without ever advancing the entire team to the next level even though they all may have level 3 or even solid level 4 skills? Wouldn't that be considered sandbagging as well, especially if that same group of youth 2 kids win every or almost every competition season after season? Or are we at a point in cheer where this is just considered strategic and winning in this manner is commendable?