The Sixth
Cheer Parent
- Apr 27, 2010
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What an amazing weekend for NCA. Saw so many absolutely fantastic performances. Loved to hear the crowd get into it as well. It felt like no matter where I was sitting, I was always in the current team's fan section! But with that said, here are my buzzkills:
Omni Hotel: If you are going to be a host hotel, please staff accordingly. Don't use the excuse that you are processing so many check-ins that housekeeping can't make rooms available on time. Especially not for over $200 a night. You have the reservations, you know the rooms will be used, it should be no surprise ppl are coming.
NCA: We all love the laser light show, and production value. But the super bright lights should NEVER be used at all. I hope it doesn't affect athletes on the floor, but from the stands, a few performances I was seeing flash spots the whole routine!
Spectators: This is a rant I have at almost any comp actually. But I know NCA is/was really strict in the letter halls about not letting ppl move around. At least in the arena, fans and athletes alike, is it really THAT hard to wait in between performances to move up and down the aisles??? I understand NCA is pretty fast about moving teams in and out; but I never had any problem getting to my nosebleed seat all weekend in between teams. YOU may not care about the team on the floor, but that doesn't mean other ppl don't. I used to think it was common knowledge, and common courtesy not to be up walking around during performances. Guess not, and I wish NCA would announce reminders for everybody.
Sportsmanship: This isn't so much a rant, as just something I think is amusing. I'm not naive enough to believe that even the folks that preach great sportsmanship have never said anything bad about someone else. But keep it behind closed doors. It amazes me what some athletes will say, when they either think the ppl next to them don't care what they are saying, or just don't give a crap.
Omni Hotel: If you are going to be a host hotel, please staff accordingly. Don't use the excuse that you are processing so many check-ins that housekeeping can't make rooms available on time. Especially not for over $200 a night. You have the reservations, you know the rooms will be used, it should be no surprise ppl are coming.
NCA: We all love the laser light show, and production value. But the super bright lights should NEVER be used at all. I hope it doesn't affect athletes on the floor, but from the stands, a few performances I was seeing flash spots the whole routine!
Spectators: This is a rant I have at almost any comp actually. But I know NCA is/was really strict in the letter halls about not letting ppl move around. At least in the arena, fans and athletes alike, is it really THAT hard to wait in between performances to move up and down the aisles??? I understand NCA is pretty fast about moving teams in and out; but I never had any problem getting to my nosebleed seat all weekend in between teams. YOU may not care about the team on the floor, but that doesn't mean other ppl don't. I used to think it was common knowledge, and common courtesy not to be up walking around during performances. Guess not, and I wish NCA would announce reminders for everybody.
Sportsmanship: This isn't so much a rant, as just something I think is amusing. I'm not naive enough to believe that even the folks that preach great sportsmanship have never said anything bad about someone else. But keep it behind closed doors. It amazes me what some athletes will say, when they either think the ppl next to them don't care what they are saying, or just don't give a crap.