The Missouri Valley Conference isn’t letting anyone do cheer routines that involve throwing people into the air or stacking people higher than two levels during the MVC women’s tournament this week. The new rules are a reaction to the SIU cheerleader, Kristi Yamaoka, falling this past weekend and cracking her neck. You’ve probably seen the clip of her cheering as she’s stretchered out.
So, no jumping high, none of the really athletic things, nothing that some fans actually like to see. Oh, so it’ll be a lot like women’s basketball? Cool.
Not to be callous, but… you know, when someone gets hurt in a football game, they don’t change the rules of football. And there’s no doubt that cheerleading is an athletic activity, and these women are doing risky, athletic things… and hey, sometimes people get hurt. You don’t change the entire nature of the activity because someone suffers an injury… I think Kristi Yamaoka would agree with me.
Of course, I feel bad for her, and I want her to heal quickly… because the show must go on. I mean, what kind of an upskirt view am I going to get if they can’t go more than two levels high? I’m going to have to set up an elaborate system of mirrors, and that’s just really inconvenient.
Anyway… sorry for the cheerleading post. I’ll go back to being male very soon.
Monte
“…when someone gets hurt in a football game, they don’t change the rules of football.”
Sure they do. Horse collar tackles (though never called), rules to protect the quarterback, crackdown on helmet on helmet hitting…
March 7, 2006 at 2:23 pm
the mighty mjd
Good point. Way to be alert.
March 7, 2006 at 4:05 pm
Insomniac
I agree with your main point that the MVC is reacting poorly to this injury, and I loved the mirrors and girls’ hoops comments.
However in the NFL, personal fouls for hitting a ‘defenseless’ receiver, horse-collar tackles, or anything beyond two-hand touch of a quarterback are all examples of rule changes that have been made to try to prevent injury.
March 7, 2006 at 4:07 pm
Insomniac
Oops…Monte beat me to it…I guess I should have actually refreshed the page before commenting.
My bad.
March 7, 2006 at 4:07 pm
Moonshine Mike
no insomniac, he didn’t bring back up the mirrors which I concur with heartedly. upskirt cheerleader porn.
March 7, 2006 at 5:21 pm
The Big Picture
so mjd, you say that cheerleading is an athletic activity…so where would it fall in your well-thought out little scoring system?
March 7, 2006 at 5:23 pm
kirkd4
The Big Picture, the scoring system (which is more “well-thought out” than your comment) clearly shows cheerleading as being tied for 30th.
March 7, 2006 at 6:49 pm
Mr. Bojangles
Big Pic, it’s on his list near the bottom. And it’s incorrect – some of those girls got a lot of fine equipment.
March 7, 2006 at 7:05 pm
The Big Picutre
sorry fellas, didn’t see it at the bottom there.
March 8, 2006 at 2:04 am