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Ok, I'll be the one to say it. If you finish 6th in restricted you probably don't deserve full paid in large senior. #fireaway


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Yeah. They could have competed large senior at NCA and still gotten top 6......


But actually I just checked the results and they got 3rd. But whatever.


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WC Starburst who dropped from LJ4to LJ3 ended up in 6th.
And NJSE X5 who dropped from LAG5 to R5 ended up in 3rd.


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And another team mentioned earlier that has a Partial Paid as a Medium Coed but competed NCA as LG Coed R5 wound up 5th. (And someone from said gym complained about sandbagging lol).

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This may get lost in all the crossover/rules/sandbagging discussion, but seems like the best thread to post in.

I have to say after my 5th year of attending, this has been my least favorite NCA. For the same reason I got turned off to Worlds last year, is the same reason why NCA wasn't as enjoyable this year....overcrowding. I'm sure it's great for the business end of things, and I'm sure they don't like to say no to gyms; but I hope they re-examine their team limit and lower it.

It's great they had ushers being more proactive with control, but it also seems they expected people to know exactly where a seat was available as soon as you got into the arena. So one of my pet peeves is people up and down the aisles during performances. I know NCA runs a tight schedule and you have to be fast, but to expect you to just go up the closest set of stairs and hope there is a seat on the way up doesn't help.

And when it came to the point of actually blocking people from entering, it was basically a crapshoot that you pick a set of doors where people actually come out, so they would let more people in.

More just nitpicky things, I'm not sure if there was some kind of retro thing being celebrated or what, since I heard the new jackets looked like old jackets (?), but the star backdrop also looked dated. And speaking of the jackets, I wasn't personally a fan. They looked like your average NC jacket where a company puts their logo, and randomly stitches National Champions on it. Also, running out of adult sized jackets? That must have been a buzzkill for first time winners...

Sorry if I come of as a negative Nancy. I may just be sad because I was so worried about losing my seat, I didn't get a funnel cake :(
 
This may get lost in all the crossover/rules/sandbagging discussion, but seems like the best thread to post in.

I have to say after my 5th year of attending, this has been my least favorite NCA. For the same reason I got turned off to Worlds last year, is the same reason why NCA wasn't as enjoyable this year....overcrowding. I'm sure it's great for the business end of things, and I'm sure they don't like to say no to gyms; but I hope they re-examine their team limit and lower it.

It's great they had ushers being more proactive with control, but it also seems they expected people to know exactly where a seat was available as soon as you got into the arena. So one of my pet peeves is people up and down the aisles during performances. I know NCA runs a tight schedule and you have to be fast, but to expect you to just go up the closest set of stairs and hope there is a seat on the way up doesn't help.

And when it came to the point of actually blocking people from entering, it was basically a crapshoot that you pick a set of doors where people actually come out, so they would let more people in.

More just nitpicky things, I'm not sure if there was some kind of retro thing being celebrated or what, since I heard the new jackets looked like old jackets (?), but the star backdrop also looked dated. And speaking of the jackets, I wasn't personally a fan. They looked like your average NC jacket where a company puts their logo, and randomly stitches National Champions on it. Also, running out of adult sized jackets? That must have been a buzzkill for first time winners...

Sorry if I come of as a negative Nancy. I may just be sad because I was so worried about losing my seat, I didn't get a funnel cake :(
The jacket issue with sizes may have been because of the way the jackets ran.

My kid gets a YM in every jacket at all other comps and it's kind of big on her. Our friend has an NCA jacket from last season and it was a YL and that jacket falls off of her. It was so big!!

Her jacket is a YL that's she got yesterday, and it fits perfect and it's not even a little big. So if a just turned 9 year old that's on the smaller side is in that big of a youth size that means everyone else is basically getting Adult sizes. Probably couldn't calculate properly based off of that but still should of had extras.


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The jacket issue with sizes may have been because of the way the jackets ran.

My kid gets a YM in every jacket at all other comps and it's kind of big on her. Our friend has an NCA jacket from last season and it was a YL and that jacket falls off of her. It was so big!!

Her jacket is a YL that's she got yesterday, and it fits perfect and it's not even a little big. So if a just turned 9 year old that's on the smaller side is in that big of a youth size that means everyone else is basically getting Adult sizes. Probably couldn't calculate properly based off of that but still should of had extras.


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My CP is a pretty solid AS in everything and she got an AS yesterday and it fits her perfect. Maybe it's just the youth sizes that were running small.

Or maybe they ran out of adult sizes because there were some crazy cheer moms out there that told their younger CP's to get adult sizes so they could wear them. :p JK JK
 
My CP is a pretty solid AS in everything and she got an AS yesterday and it fits her perfect. Maybe it's just the youth sizes that were running small.

Or maybe they ran out of adult sizes because there were some crazy cheer moms out there that told their younger CP's to get adult sizes so they could wear them. :p JK JK
Some teams didn't even get jackets...they were told they would be "mailed to them". Can you imagine the disappointment?


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Some teams didn't even get jackets...they were told they would be "mailed to them". Can you imagine the disappointment?


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Happened to some of our kids from out last gym at CHEERSPORT two years ago. They got them in June. Coed elite asked to have our jackets sent to them from Kansas City since we had little time to get to the airport. That was the first weekend in December....they still haven't gotten them. Or majors competitor tee shirts because they sent a bunch of youth sizes? Ugh.


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So...what happened to the big gigantic screen from last year? Not sure of the logistics but i think the answer to the overcrowding is to put that monster up on the back side of the mat and people who can't find a seat because they showed up 10 minutes before their team went on can watch it on the screen from behind.

Just a thought. But there were plenty of seats around that side if they can capitalize on it.


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Happened to some of our kids from out last gym at CHEERSPORT two years ago. They got them in June. Coed elite asked to have our jackets sent to them from Kansas City since we had little time to get to the airport. That was the first weekend in December....they still haven't gotten them. Or majors competitor tee shirts because they sent a bunch of youth sizes? Ugh.


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That stinks. I can't even imagine that. How does that happen?


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Some teams didn't even get jackets...they were told they would be "mailed to them". Can you imagine the disappointment?


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I can't even imagine the disappointment. This was my CP's first for NCA and she has dreamed of winning one for so long. It would definitely be a huge let down.


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The jacket issue with sizes may have been because of the way the jackets ran.

My kid gets a YM in every jacket at all other comps and it's kind of big on her. Our friend has an NCA jacket from last season and it was a YL and that jacket falls off of her. It was so big!!

Her jacket is a YL that's she got yesterday, and it fits perfect and it's not even a little big. So if a just turned 9 year old that's on the smaller side is in that big of a youth size that means everyone else is basically getting Adult sizes. Probably couldn't calculate properly based off of that but still should of had extras.


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In my opinion the jackets (at least youth sizes) started shrinking last year. My daughter won a NCA jacket in 2012 and got a YS (at age 8) and it fit with a little room to grow. Last year she won again and I told her to get a YL which she did. The YS from 2012 and the YL from 2013 are almost exactly the same size! And to be honest she prefers her YS jacket now at age 10, it seems more roomy and better quality. Also, the NCA embrodieried circle logo on the back of her YL from last year is quite a bit smaller than from her YS from the year before. In comparison she won a Cheerpower Nationals jacket last year and also got a YL. It is huge even now (and has real leather sleeves:rolleyes:). Not complaining though, just our own personal observation. Sadly she didn't win a jacket this year so can't give our 2 cents about the "new" design :( but very happy for everyone who did win one!
 
I can't even imagine the disappointment. This was my CP's first for NCA and she has dreamed of winning one for so long. It would definitely be a huge let down.


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That's what I said, can you imagine telling all those little faces, sorry you don't get to take a jacket home with you? Just awful.

But congrats to your CP!!!


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