All-Star "cheering All The Way To The Er" Article

Cheer Dad said:

Use the link above.

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Megan:) said:

Sorry! I didnt see it!

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wishfulthinking said:

The 1950s called, they want their stereotype back.

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Ashley said:

With all due respect, this is a terrible example of trying to prove your point. He's walking around in a hospital under close medical supervision. I'm more apt to trust his doctors than your recommendation. I think they know what they're doing, and doctor's usually get you up walking shortly after surgery. It's one of those things on their checklist before they can send you home.

There's a big difference between medical personnel giving an athlete the okay to keep playing with cortisone shots and an athlete (of any kind, not just cheerleading) not going to the doctor with a broken bone because she thinks she can just tape it up and compete this weekend. Or a cheerleader not listening to his doctor's advice following an injury and participating sooner than he or she should. For example, a girl in 2005 returning too soon after getting mono. She landed a double down on her stomach, burst her still-enlarged spleen, and died.

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gimmeoneminute said:

When will schools get spring floors (or practice where at a gym with these floors) and have certified coaches work with our high school teams? Nothing scares me more than a teacher who was a sideline cheerleader in high school, now finds competitive cheerleading "fun" and is coaching athletes (some who have never competed allstar) on level 5 skills on a "dead" floor!

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xtremeteal4life said:

Or they have a guy who broke his leg really gnarly on national TV up and walking on it not even 24 hrs after the surgery..you know swelling and potential embolism- no big deal. The Orthos my husband has worked with say that surgery on your legs is one of the worst with regards to developing embolisms. He shouldn't be walking around-

Just an FYI... early ambulation is considered to be PREVENTATIVE for VTE (the blood clot/embolism), not a danger, unless he ALREADY has a clot. Moving around some helps them not form, but once they are there (he should not be in a risk group). They would ambulate early and give a low dose of heparin or another blood thinner to minimize risk.

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CEA_ATC said:

If you want to hear REAL stupidity at work, in NC, spring floors are considered to be MORE dangerous than "dead" floors. I can't remember the exact wording, but it boils down to anything that increases jumping height=increased danger. This rule has led to a lot of work (and splinters) from switching out floors between All Star and HS events for me and the group I work with.

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King said:

The thing I have found fascinating about cheer is the ability to mobilize the entire community. When a cause is discovered that the community readily agrees on the ability of cheer to get the message out via Fierce Board and Twitter is rather impressive. I did not include Facebook because it doesn't seem to be used that way and moves a LOT slower.

Fierce Board has a concentrated audience and has the ability to keep everyone on the same page. Twitter has a faster spread but the clarity of information and the discussion is rather disconnected. But as I have followed and watched and seen how the two interweave and help each other out it creates this highly unique environment. The overall ability to organize and spread the message is just quite amazing.

On the reverse when it comes to complicated issues this is where the mob fails. If the discussion is past A = B, and is instead A = B = C = D, then the mob doesn't mobilize.

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Just-a-Mom said:

OK I am only basing this on the pic of the article posted here and the comments I've seen because the link doesn't have the article anymore. I know this is going to be unpopular, but it's 4am and I'm up...so here goes.

I have to say I don't understand what has everyone so mad. Yes, he's a jerk. Yes, he's playing into a lot of stereotypes. But the article is about high school cheer, which is, in many states, a disaster. (Apparently Idaho is one of them) It would have been nice if his article was aimed at getting better regulation, but it is what it is.

I guess my main thoughts when I read this thread are: if you don't want people to write things like this, stop talking about all the injuries you get as a way to justify why cheerleading should be a sport. I see at least 4 or 5 things every weekend on Facebook that say something like "And they say cheer isn't a sport???" and then they go on to describe some horrific injury (usually followed by praise for continuing on after the injury occurs, blood/concussion/torn-or-broken-whatever and all. Other sports don't do that. They stop the game, handle the injury, and then continue). It's not doing cheer any favors when we're the ones telling people how crazy dangerous it is.

If you want cheer to be seen as a legitimate sport by people, stop making it sound ridiculous. The "outside world" does not see continuing on with a concussion as a good thing - they see it as dangerous and stupid. Most people don't know the difference between allstar and school cheer. All they know is what you show them.

I'm not saying I love this article or this guy - he's obviously a complete @$$hat.. Just that I'm not surprised that this is how people see cheer when this is the image we created.

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ShoWStoppeR said:

well actually, with all due respect, this is true. You see alot more allstars blowing ACLs then you do college folk. The spring that all those athletes love is actually often times the culprit of alot of injuries. So as much as dead mat really sucks to tumble on (and it too has its downfalls... just imagine the grinding and pounding of your joints), spring floor actually is more dangerous to tumble on.

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