cheerKT
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We had a flyer on our senior 5 team a few years back with a tramp stamp. She was a super senior, and therefore over 18. The coaches did not make her cover it up. I believe now they handle it on a case by case basis. If they feel the tattoo is distracting, they will approach the athlete about covering it up.Interesting... so it seems most people don't like the hair dye but tattoos are semi-acceptable if they're small/covered up. What if it's a (small) tramp stamp - not anything huge and distracting, but still generally looked down upon by a lot of people? Is that worse, or still no problem?
I once had a coach who was really against tattoos of any kind, not because they were distracting or looked bad, but because they played into the "cheerleader stereotype". Do any of your gyms have rules about it?
University of South Carolina cheerleading is very strict on tattoos. A couple girls have side rib tattoos that stick out of the uniform slightly on the side. They have to buy stage make up and stage make up remover (very expensive, upwards of 70 dollars) to make sure it can't be seen while in uniform.