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Why do NFL & NBA teams have cheerleaders while MLB & NHL teams do not?

SanctionIISanctionII Posts: 12,119 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Your thoughts please.

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  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,033 ✭✭✭✭✭
    They do but the cheerleaders only perform in the player's hotel rooms.
  • euphoria18euphoria18 Posts: 2,339
    Actually, a few NHL teams do have cheerleaders.
  • TeknobaileyTeknobailey Posts: 668


    << <i>Your thoughts please. >>



    Well, my first thought is where would they be? You cant have them on the rink (hockey) or in the bullpen (baseball).

    Basketball and Football have a place for them on the sidelines/end-zones.

    This seems like the simplest explanation...

  • MichiganMichigan Posts: 4,942 ✭
    The slow pace of baseball and cheerleading does not seem to be a good mix, you would have ballplayers doing a lot of just standing around waiting for something to happen and in contrast cheerleaders doing their thing on the sidelines. It would look rather strange.
  • BobaFett72BobaFett72 Posts: 7,304
    i think hockey cheerleaders would be hilarious. dumb bimbos on sharp skates. let the hilarity ensue!
  • BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,492 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I need to see pictures to understand image
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  • HoopsterHoopster Posts: 1,169
    Actually,

    I believe in the movie Zapped, they had cheerleaders for the baseball team image Nathan Too Mean Labean was the key pitcher!

  • JeremyDie1JeremyDie1 Posts: 2,383 ✭✭✭
    Chicago Bears have no cheerleaders.image
  • euphoria18euphoria18 Posts: 2,339
    The cheerleaders in the NHL are actually in the stands, not on the ice. I believe the Nashville Predators, Tampa Bay Lightning, Carolina Hurricanes all have them.
  • kadokakidkadokakid Posts: 426 ✭✭
    Who cares!!!!!!!

    Trying to complete 1970 psa set.
    45% complete.
  • RCGuyRCGuy Posts: 161


    << <i>Who cares!!!!!!! >>



    Heterosexual males care.

  • JackWESQJackWESQ Posts: 2,133 ✭✭✭
    Not all NFL teams have cheerleaders. The following teams do not:

    Bears, Packers, Lions, Steelers, Browns, Giants and Jets.

    /s/ JackWESQ
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  • GootGoot Posts: 3,496
    The Rays don't have cheerleaders but they do have the Ray team or something. Basically they're cheerleaders and most find them quite annoying. Although, now that I think about it, most don't consider the Rays a ML team other than a few players (Kazmir lead the league in K's, screw Dice-K and his $101 mill. price tag, all the Sox had to do was offer $1 mill. for someone better than Dicey boy.)
  • plifterplifter Posts: 361
    The Cincy Reds have girls that dance on the dugout roofs between some innings and they also shoot t-shirts out of the cannon into the stands. I guess you could call them cheerleaders.
  • BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,492 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>The Cincy Reds have girls that dance on the dugout roofs between some innings and they also shoot t-shirts out of the cannon into the stands. I guess you could call them cheerleaders. >>



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  • BobaFett72BobaFett72 Posts: 7,304
    well, it is almost Halloween....

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  • downtowndowntown Posts: 671 ✭✭✭
    Many of the Hockey teams have "Cheerleaders"
    The Blackhawks for one, are called Ice Crewimage
    I collect Seattle Pilots autographs, 1969 Topps autographs, Signed Mickey Mantle Home Run History cards and have a JC Martin collection (he was my college Baseball coach)
    Doug
  • downtowndowntown Posts: 671 ✭✭✭
    I think most teams use them to shovel iceimage
    I collect Seattle Pilots autographs, 1969 Topps autographs, Signed Mickey Mantle Home Run History cards and have a JC Martin collection (he was my college Baseball coach)
    Doug
  • BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,492 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ok, I'm thirsty now.
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