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In Review – November 2016

December 1, 2016 By Spirit Company

November came and awarded the first bids to Worlds.

Articles regarding the Supreme Court case between Varsity and Star Athletica continued in The Hill, the Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal.
KATU published Student With Down Syndrome Achieves Cheerleading Goal: ‘It Means the World’.
The Omega published Cheerleaders Find Balance Between Art and Sport.
USA Today published Louisville Cheerleaders Suspended After Election Night Posts and the Courier-Journal followed up with UofL Cheerleader’s Tweets Ignite Speech Debate.
The USASF released their Scoring Philosophy for cheer teams with Special Needs and draft Worlds score sheets.
The Fashion Law published 5 Things You Read About the Cheerleading Copyright Case That Are Wrong.
The Argus Courier published Cheerleading is a Real Sports Test.
CBS and Patch reported on Adriana Douglas drowning at a hotel swimming pool while attending a cheer competition.
ABC and CBS published stories on 4 University of Kansas cheerleaders that were suspended over a KKK Snapchat picture.
The Gold Coast Bulletin (Australia) published Cheerleaders Competing on Gold Coast Bring $24 Million Boost to Economy.
KDLT published Professional Cheerleading Is Hard Work.

In Review – October 2016

November 1, 2016 By Spirit Company

October has left us and we are now in Worlds bid season for dance teams.

Several cheerleading groups engaged in national anthem protests, including groups from the University of Michigan, Omaha Central HS, and Cornell HS.
One of the Omaha Central cheerleaders wrote a guest piece for the Omaha World-Herald.
ABC News published Cheerleader Hit By Multiple Concussions Warns Other Athletes.
Cardoza Law published Professor Buccafusco Talks About U.S. Supreme Court Cheerleading Uniform Copyright Case.
KPTV in Oregon published Salem High School Cheerleading Team Embraces Student With Down Syndrome.
SuakValley.com published People’s Choice: Local Cheerleader to Appear in Magazine.
The Tennessean published TSU Homecoming Honors 101-Year-Old Cheerleader.
USASF posted the 2016-17 USASF Dance Divisions & Categories document.
MLive published Michigan Alumni Marching Band, Cheerleaders Take Part in Homecoming Game.
TAPinto Randolph published Randolph High School Cheerleaders Support Breast Cancer Survivors, Fighters and Families.
The Courier-Tribune published Competitive Cheerleading: Chasing a World Championship.
The Worlds 2016 Commemorative Yearbook was released.
The were many articles published regarding the Supreme Court case between Varsity and Star Athletica, including by The Federalist Society, the New York Times, the Daily Mail, and The Conversation.
The Daily Telegraph published Cheerleading Australia: Growing Sport Will See 10,000 Competitors Flock to Gold Coast for Competition.
The Rodney Times published Adaptive Cheerleading Team First in New Zealand to Compete.
ESPN published Longhorn Network to Debut “Texas Cheer”.

In Review – September 2016

October 1, 2016 By Spirit Company

September came in quietly, but ending with another loss in our community.

Taunton Daily Gazette published Tragic Anniversary: Bridgewater State Student 2nd Person Killed on 495, about the loss of 19 year old cheerleader Hayley Sandford.
Cynopsis Media published Varsity Brands Talks Good Cheer.
Athletic Business published No Longer Sidelined, Competitive Cheerleading Evolves.
BET published #BlackGirlMagic Haters: This Teen’s Cheerleading Coach Threatened to Ban Her for Wearing Braids.
The Post and Courier published More Than Pom-Poms and Crop Tops: Competitive Cheerleading More Dangerous Than it Looks.
Metro Times published The Case Against Cheerleaders and Deadline Detroit responded with Readers Cheer (Mostly) Lions’ Dancers, but Not Pay.
Wisconsin Public Radio published The Masculine Origins Of Cheerleading.
CBS published Cheerleader with Leukemia Brought to Tears by Football Players’ Kind Act.
Her Daily published Is Cheerleading A Sport?.
Hawaii Prep World published Cheerleading the Crux of Title IX Disagreement.
LA Times published Cheerleading – A Sport and Passion.
Fox 13 published Timpview High Cheerleaders Rally in Defense of Uniforms After Complaint, a story picked up by Inquisitr, Heatstreet, Seventeen, People, and Yahoo!.
MSN published Japan’s Granny ‘Dreamgirls’ Bitten by Cheerleading Bug.
LA Times published Discussions Begin on Making Competitive Cheerleading an Official CIF Sport in 2017-18.
KNOP (NE) reported Off-Ground Cheerleading Stunts Allowed at the High School Level.
The Daily Pennsylvanian published Two Penn Cheerleaders Kneel, Raise Fist During National Anthem of Football Opener, Opposing Views published Cheerleaders Join Kaepernick, Kneel During Anthem, and The Georgetown Voice published Kneel with GU Football Players and Cheerleaders.
The Dallas Cowboys reported Former Director Of Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Suzanne Mitchell Passes Away, also reported by the Star-Telegram and New York Times.