The season hasn’t even started yet but there is already controversy in the NRL. South Sydney part owner, Russell Crowe has sacked their cheerleaders in favour of a drumming group of mixed gender. Here are some of my thoughts on the matter:
The Man Rusty
I wouldn’t have expected Russell to be the first one to get rid of cheerleaders. His gruff exterior is deceiving, this brute definitely has a sensitive side. This might be reflected in the fact that apparently he took some advice from his wife, Danielle, before making a final decision. He may have just started a trend as the word is that Parramatta will be next to give cheerleaders the boot.
Talentless
Cheerleaders are no more than strippers who just keep a little bit of gear on themselves. It seems like the only prerequisite to become a cheerleader is to have cleavage, self-conscious flat chested girls need not apply. I have attended a few games with a certain dancing friend who is always left unimpressed with their dancing ability and choreography.
Sending the Wrong Message
Cheerleaders consider themselves role models, yet what they are modelling is not a healthy image. They are advertising themselves as for sale, and if you look closely, they may even have a company’s logo across their backside just to prove further that they are selling themselves. Older blokes are drooling and lusting after these beautiful women. Kids might be looking on accepting this behaviour as normal. Meanwhile, all involved are gaining a false ideal of human sexuality.
Uncomfortable Feeling
Cheerleaders make certain groups uncomfortable. Fathers with their children feel uncomfortable due to the sexually suggestive dancing. Women usually just generally don’t like them. Men with girlfriends are probably made to feel uncomfortable because giving undivided attention to the cheerleaders may make the girlfriend feel substandard.
What’s the Focus?
If it’s titillation people want then let them go to a strip joint and get their kicks there. The point is not to get people to attend dodgy clubs but to focus on why they go to the football. Believe it or not it is actually to see two teams play football!
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Oh!!! Finally someone acknowledges that Cheerleeding is a substanded form of Dancing. It really annoys me when these girls promote themselves as dancers, yet that do nothing on the field but move their arms and walk around a bit. I am dissappointed, because I know that most of them are probably very good dancers, but are wasting their talent in order to get in the public eye, and meet players who can ge them into the good parties and clubs and stuff
Also, Someone really needs to look at what these girls are called They are called Cheer Leaders, They are meant to engourage the crowd to cheer for their team!!! Not make them completely forget about their team because of all the clevage on the field! I just wish promoters could understand the effect these women have on society, the pressures they place on young girls self esteem as well as others mentioned so aptly by Hammer.
(See Tim, when you write about things I am passionate about... I promise to reply)
Hammer,
Was this an excuse to get people to your blog because on google (which is how I always find your website) "bunny girls" was written as a tag line. I do agree that it is totally sexist and treating women as objects is something that the Rugby League needs to address - just look at the off-field crap they dish up! Why females go to Thugby League games is totally beyond me - the players are little more than muscle bound wrecking balls who get paid to destroy their own brains - and 85% of the players aren't even very attractive. If Mugby League was a new sport trying to get some fans these days it wouldn't be in with a shot! Give me Australian football any day of the week and twice on Saturday!
Tim Campbell
I wonder if it really is all that sexist. Why shouldn't girls be allowed to do this sort of cheerleading? it's not like they're being forced to do it. i think rather than tell people that it's wrong, you should look to educate these girls into realising that there's no need to show off their bodies to make a mark on this world. and if they then feel that cheerleading is still the way to go, they are at least making an educated decision. i think we are living too much in a world where we allow the powers that be to make decisions for us. instead, we should be ensuring that we are living in a society that is educated enough to be able to think for itselves and decide if something is right or not. that said, i find the cheerleading at league matches to be the most laughable thing there - next to the inability to find any players with necks...
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