All-Star Disqualifying Cheaters

[cRayCheerDad]

Wow. I'm so naive. I never even imagined this kind of stuff happens until I read this thread. It might be obvious that my daughter is pretty new to cheer. Also, our gym is very small and just getting established, so we haven't been exposed to much of the ugliness described here.

Not to fear. This is a discussion about the exception not the rule. Most of the time the gyms are participating in good faith.


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[SunnyinCO]

Not to fear. This is a discussion about the exception not the rule. Most of the time the gyms are participating in good faith.


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That's the assumption I'm making. I've seen petty behavior in every sport in which my daughter has participated, and when my daughter switched from gymnastics to cheer, we were warned by a handful of people that it was aggressively competitive and full of catty people-- mainly parents. However, our experience has been 99% great. I think the worst stuff I ever saw was in 8 year old girl's slow pitch softball. So maybe glitter *is* the answer.

 

[Official OWECheer]

That's the assumption I'm making. I've seen petty behavior in every sport in which my daughter has participated, and when my daughter switched from gymnastics to cheer, we were warned by a handful of people that it was aggressively competitive and full of catty people-- mainly parents. However, our experience has been 99% great. I think the worst stuff I ever saw was in 8 year old girl's slow pitch softball. So maybe glitter *is* the answer.

Were the people warning you part of cheer, or were they speaking from an outsiders perspective.

 

[SunnyinCO]

Were the people warning you part of cheer, or were they speaking from an outsiders perspective.

Three cheer parents (two ex) and two gymnastics parents at gyms that had cheer programs. None of the five were from our state (CO). But again, our experience has been really good, so I worried about it for nothing. Our gym had all three of our teams at ABKC this past weekend, and everyone we ran into was polite and respectful, despite it being a very large event.

That said, I hope that this recent roster crackdown makes gyms think twice about cheating, and that gyms who don't cheat knowingly but are careless put a little more effort into ensuring their teams comply with the age grid.

 

[kristenthegreat]

Wow. I'm so naive. I never even imagined this kind of stuff happens until I read this thread. It might be obvious that my daughter is pretty new to cheer. Also, our gym is very small and just getting established, so we haven't been exposed to much of the ugliness described here.

Brace yourselves. Winter is Coming.

 

[Cheermom1969]

Brace yourselves. Winter is Coming.

Stop scaring the new parents! lol

We are all nice, d*mmit!

 

[quietmom]

Stop scaring the new parents! lol

We are all nice, d*mmit!

Oh come on. Let us have a little fun. If we can't scare newbie parents, what is the point?

 

[SunnyinCO]

Oh come on. Let us have a little fun. If we can't scare newbie parents, what is the point?

I'm not scared. But maybe I'm just not smart enough to realize I should be scared.

 

[SL&AM]

I'm not scared. But maybe I'm just not smart enough to realize I should be scared.

You should be terrified!

 

[kristenthegreat]

Stop scaring the new parents! lol

We are all nice, d*mmit!

GOSH MOM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE ALL THE GAME OF THRONES REFERENCES!

No fun.

 

[Cheermom1969]

GOSH MOM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE ALL THE GAME OF THRONES REFERENCES!

No fun.

Didn't mean to ruin the fun. If I watched that show maybe I would have caught on. [emoji41]


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[Official OWECheer]

Stop scaring the new parents! lol

We are all nice, d*mmit!

That can't be scarier than....

 

[cRayCheerDad]

I'm not scared. But maybe I'm just not smart enough to realize I should be scared.

Oh don't worry I'm new too . They are soft as puppy squeeze [emoji23][emoji23]


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[SL&AM]

Oh don't worry I'm new too . They are soft as puppy squeeze [emoji23][emoji23]


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Like he said, he's new...he really has no clue how horrible we really are ;p However, the Parent's section does offer brownies and wine, so there is that.

 

[quietmom]

Cranberry.....