i would hate to see worlds go to only people who received paids... personally i dont see that ever happening, because well $$$. But there have been plenty of teams who went to worlds on partial bids and have finished top 5- top 10 or even won.
Just one, Rockstar Rolling Stones who won their division. If one of the teams who won an Open 5 division had needed a paid bid, they would have gotten it. That's the key at both of these comps, they have the same/very similar bid declaration.
International teams are eligible for paid at Cheersport, but I believe only eligible for 2 of the 8 available and Cheersport has not awarded paid to an International team very often. I'm pretty sure OO5 had one of the highest scores of bid eligible teams last year and did not receive one. If you have to pay for travel to attend, it is a fairly large risk to take.
Correct - I was just clarifying that the risk is about the same for either competition.
He tweeted it himself, but many cheer anons and cheerleaders retweeted it. Or asked why and said it was unfair.
I think this probably is a real issue for many sports and hope staff has appropriate training to identify those who are truly threats and not go on a witch hunt.
In this instance it is his actions that are suspicious, and if other dads behave in an odd manner or display poor judgement I hope they are viewed suspiciously too. My husband takes my daughter to local competitions and I assure you nobody would look twice at him because of his behavior. Similarly our team has a photographer (parent volunteer) who is male and is present for teams that are not his daughter's and he is not given a second look. And honestly, are there really that many dads (or moms for that matter) that go watch comps or pretty much any youth related sport without a personal or professional reason to do so but instead are trying to meet the athletes?
