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A former star basketball player is now suing Central Michigan University, claiming the school's basketball coach benched her and revoked her scholarship because she wore too much make-up and was not a lesbian.
"We are the CC Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your broadcast stations. We will add your biological and creative distinctiveness to our own. Your broadcast personality will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile."
I wonder how long it'll be until a talented caucasian cheerleader sues a college over the (formal or informal) "one of each" policy that many of them have.....
"I don't know the same things you don't know."
"Yes, you do; you just won't admit it!"
"Yeeee...it looks like a 'Belt Buckle & Ball Cap' convention in here......"
Arp2 wrote:I wonder how long it'll be until a talented caucasian cheerleader sues a college over the (formal or informal) "one of each" policy that many of them have.....
That unofficial 'policy' exists in many larger colleges, especially where scholarships are involved. College cheerleaders are often considered student ambassabors, and athletic departments may turn up the heat on the coach to have a squad that looks "cosmopolitan" and "inclusive" of many races and nationalities. Not unlike most national television and print advertising.
The biggest problem in arguing the case is that larger universities usually have 300+ girls trying out for maybe 20 or 25 positions, with at least half of those (<25) positions unofficially filled by returning cheerleaders. The coach (or judges, depending on how tryouts are held) have a lot of leeway in making selections, not unlike a football or basketball coach putting together his team from an open gym of raw recruits. A stepchild problem involves the selection of male cheerleaders. Most have NO previous experience, since guys cheering in high school is considered "gay". I'm waiting for the day a talented female cheerleader hires an attorney after she got cut (and no college scholarship, et al) but four guys made the team and none of them can dance, cheer, execute the simplest tumbling pass, or toss the most basic co-ed partner stunt.
