- Mar 11, 2010
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This is how I would cheat if I were a cheater (for this season only--the variables would change each year of course):
1. I'd make the only sr aged girl on my sr level 1, jr aged so they could compete jr 1 instead.
2. I'd cross over all my best athletes from sr 4 to jr 2 (since most of them are jr aged) and sandbag the heck out of that team. (technically not a cheat but still completely ruthless).
3. And I'd have all my miniature sized girls that are on their appropriate age teams (youth, jr and even a sr!) compete with the minis--yes I have a sr that looks like a freaking mini.
That's how I'd do it. But I don't. Because I respect my competitors, I respect the kids and their parents, I respect the EP's, and although I don't always like the USASF, I respect what it stands for. And I respect myself. I couldn't sleep at night or look at myself in the mirror or look my colleagues and customers in the eye, if I did something I knew to be wrong.
My name is Andrea McBride. I have been coaching cheer for over 15 years.
And I am not, and never will be, a cheater.
LOVE this... we share the same philosophies (in the anti-cheating sense). The worst thing is losing talented kids to other programs in the area who apparently can't read the rules but are really good at reading what place a trophy is. It's unfortunate because the only thing those kids are learning is how to deceive others to get what they want.