- Feb 23, 2016
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Our local gym has several locations - three within 15 miles of each other with girls who go to the same schools. (The other two are still easily within driving distance - probably about 30 miles.) They consistently have two or three teams in the same level that compete against each other at almost every competition. Certainly not great for "team building" when you have parents from your own gym and sometimes even own neighborhood rooting for your girls to lose! First of all, is this common? I tried to pay attention in Dallas and didn't see it very often. At the awards ceremony, the announcer obviously hadn't seen it very often because he was only announcing the gym name and not the team. The girls didn't know who had won what! Secondly - do experienced cheer parents think it's smart and the right thing to do? Why wouldn't a gym maximize their talent within a level and consolidate at one location? Help me understand why this is good or make me feel better about wanting to find another option!!!! It feels like the gym just wants to make money with the most number of athletes they can get and doesn't care about how the teams do!!!!