September 23, 2008
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Short Skirts on Cheerleaders
Cheerleaders from the University of Idaho had to change your cheerleading uniforms because of complaints that their uniforms were too skimpy.
Some people were concerned the skimpy dressed women were drawing attention away from the football games. (I never even realized they had football games at cheerleading events). Here is the link: Link
Do you think these uniforms are too skimpy for college cheerleaders?
Comments (152)
Sometimes
I was concerned as well. I saw some cheerleaders in teeny tiny hot pants and bikini tops, and wondered who stole the girl’s clothes.
yup.
Football games at cheerleading events…
Dan, I love your sense of humor. You can guest blog on my site anytime.
But to answer the question, yes.
No… they should cheer totally naked.
Those don’t even look like cheerleading outfits. So pretty much yeah.
Those are a bit much. However the shorter skirts make it easier for the stunts. You can still have a practical modest skirt and do the same. As modest as a cheer skirt can be.
@AvenueToTheReal - I was actually going to say that.
Do away with them entirely, then there’s no controversy.
yes
Like you said – it brings people to the games!
Sex sells.
I don’t know about too skimpy, but they’re definitely too ugly and too slutty.
yes, because most cheerleaders try to prove that they should be shown as athletes and not as a porn star.
yes they are!
look how tight that skirt is!
you can’t split without flashing ur butterfly
or jump without peoples seeing your butterfly!
(I never even realized they had football games at cheerleading events). < I wonder if anyone else will realize the wit in that. And who really cares about them wearing short skirts? Just go look at the freshman at high school and you’ll see some of the same. Oh, and I bet it wasn’t a guy complaining. :p
Aren’t football games in Idaho cold? Yeah, they’re not wearing enough to keep warm.
@AvenueToTheReal - LOL.
@Ladiiee -
but girls nowadays joined cheerleading so they can wear them skimpy uniforms and showing off their body…
Eh, they look like every other cheerleading uniform. Plus they’re ugly. I never paid any attention to them
I was always in marching band.
@Ladiiee - that’s a good point!
No
oh, those are cheerleading outfits?
i didn’t realize corset-like skimpy tops were for cheerleaders. hm.
Yeah, some are definitely alittle to skimpy.
oh, and I hate Fox News.
They’re too skimpy period. Also, they look uncomfortable to really move in. Cheerleading = short skirts, but this is ridiculous. They look like streetwalkers.
maybe all the girls are getting into the XXXXXS when they should be wearing the M. lolz
That looks like it’d be a hard outfit to cheerlead in.
@JOTRI_thePOOandDOO - not all girls want to become cheearleaders for skimpy clothing or to become popular. it actually takes hard work to become one and if you aren’t dedicated to it, you’re kind screwed. do you see what they do?
@mkenyon719 - thank you.
i don’t think so. they’re not any different than other university or NFL cheerleaders outfits. what do the cheerleaders think?
i just think most of the women will say “yes they are too skimpy” because they don’t want their SO’s drooling over the scantily clad cheerleaders. that’s what football’s all about, according to every guy i know. =)
Those look really uncomfortable to move around in so I don’t know how they practice stunts without it riding up. And they’re just plain ugly. Are they even wearing bloomers.
What happened to the cheerleading outfits that we used to have? I’m not talking about the ones back in the Grease days but the ones that were actually cute. Maybe some midriff but the skirt being that short is too much.
They’re ugly too..
The bottom parts are anyway..
those outfits are ugly! and yes it is skimpy! also they dont even look like cheerleading oufits!
Maybe.
@Ladiiee -
my bad.. yes not all, but the majority of the girls that i know… that was their intentions…
Yes, it’s treating women like objects.
I love your sarcasm Dan….love it. ack….I dunno, I guess I think high school and college uniforms should be cheerleader-ish but not stripper dancing the pole-ish (like those shown) they should at least LOOK like cheerleading uniforms…….but pro football…well they are adults people can pay to oogle them if they want that.
I was going to answer the question, but I found some new subscriptions.
I have to say that they are too skimpy. I have always been against cheer leading uniforms because the skirts are minuscule, but this just crosses the line. They look like their skirts are going to burst any moment and I don’t see how anybody could do stunts in such tight little skirts.
A bit. They’re not even cute.
They’re skimpy, period.
I think it’s un-American to even ask such a question. Isn’t it laid down in the Costitution “we hold these truths to be self evident, that football matches shall be enhanced by leggy chicks in short skirts”?
And what of the noble principles of free enterprise, competition, and reward for effort? Don’t you think it encourages the guys to play harder when they can see the prizes?
They look like sluts. Oh wait…they are.
skimpy and cheerleaders go hand in hand…
I don’t see how these are any less skanky than every other cheer leading uniform.
@pulling_my_hair_out -
just because they look like it, doesn’t mean that they are.
meh i hate cheerleaders
Moreso than skimpy, those outfits are just plain ugly. I would never want to wear that. There are some really cute skimpy outfits that don’t look like shiny cheap plastic Halloween costumes.
your supposed to be watching the game not the cheerleaders, i never got the point of them anyway i also think they are a distraction to the athletes
No fucking way.
@pulling_my_hair_out - that’s a shitty statement, don’tcha think? these girls are wearing the uniforms handed to them by their university and that makes them sluts? i was a cheerleader in high school, wore a skimpy-ish cheerleading outfit, and i was a virgin.
why are women so catty about this issue? “they’re sluts”, “they just want to show off their bodies”… these responses are ridiculous and immature.
I guess. Sure.
@AvenueToTheReal - co-sign
NOT SKIMPY ENOUGH!
Aren’t most cheerleading outfits super skimpy? Isn’t that why the majority of men fantasize about cheerleaders?
At times yes cheerleading uniforms can be very revealing. && my opinion I think cheerleaders should dress according to the team they are supporting & dress in clothes that don’t ride up their rears. Seriously you get little kids at some games be a decent woman now why dont ya.
Yeah, those are a bit ridiculous.
Skimpy, yes. But worse, they are trampy. They look like they’re made of black leather. =/
Oh whatever, they’re cheerleaders. The outfits are supposed to be skimpy. It’s not like anyone is looking at them for their skill.
@WomanOfLight - They DO look like streetwalkers! For Johns who like S&M.
That one on the right looks like the ethnic Katie Holmes.
I did not realize they had cheerleaders or football games at marching band performances, this comes as quite the shock!
Personally, I don’t really care one way or the other. I’ve heard stories from teachers about how parents were questioning skirts that were at knee height about being too short. As long as the uniform works in with whatever theme their school has, I don’t really see a problem.
yes, it’s a bit edgy
That def. doesn’t look like a cheerleading uniform.
Are those leather-skirts? How can they jump with that?
DID YOU HAPPEN TO CATCH ANY OF THE YOUNG LADIES BEACH VOLLYBALL MATCHES DURING THE OLYMPICS OR THE SHORTS THE YOUNG LADIES WEAR IN THE TEAM VOLLYBALL MATCHES WITH A LITTLE EXTRA FLESH SHOWING BELOW. AS LONG AS WE’RE AT IT LETS BAN ALL TWO PIECE BATHING SUITS THAT AREN’T LOOSE FITTING AND BELOW THE ANKLE, NOT TO MENTION omg, THONG BIKINIS.
(I never even realized they had football games at cheerleading events).
ROFL. Good one.
Hell no. What’s to cheer for then if they’re not wearing skimpy uniforms?!
It’s skimpy, but it’s nothing we haven’t seen before.
Well when your football team stinks what a better way to fill the stands than some good looking cheerleaders…..
football games at cheerleading events!!!!
now your just being crazy
besides, cheer leading is a prerequisite to stripping
yes
@ficklemistress - They put the ho in Idaho.
No. As long as everyone is overage, it’s cool.
It doesn’t look comfortable to move around in…I realize it’s short but it also looks really tight.
In any case….I’m all for short skirts on high girls. Bring it on!
I believe there’s a reason cheerleaders are at football games, and it’s not to lead the cheers. I think by them wearing this uniform they’re doing what they’re supposed to be doing at football games…
they’re not skimpy enough!
I hate cheerleaders. They serve no purpose, they’re just tits and pom-poms (though I guess some men would think that’s purpose enough?). Let’s get rid of them all together.
yes.
No one notices our cheerleaders.
It’s all about band.
Everyone just leaves after halftime.But, yeah, the uniforms are kinda… revealing. And not in the “I need to be able to move and do stunts” way.
For me, yes (I’d be cold). But when you see provocative college cheerleading routines, it doesn’t really matter what they’re wearing.
Cheerleader, Schmearleader. The cheerleaders at our local HS are more like pole dancers. It’s disgusting what cheerleading has turned into at many places.
I teach at a Christian school, my first year there, and notice that the cheerleaders there are required to wear the longer skirts that don’t look like bikinis. It doesn’t hamper them in the least from doing their stunts. They look like cheerleaders should look!
Cheerleading has turned into nothing but suggestive hip-hop dancing in many places. At our local games, nobody pays attention to the cheerleaders, who barely cheer. The guys who wear face paint are the ones who really lead the cheers.
Oh, and Dan, want to know something even more amazing? They also have football games at marching band shows! I don’t get it.
in general, i dislike cheerleeder outfits in the US. the uniforms have a slutty side to them [in my opinion]. i mean, they’re cheering people on, okay, but there’s no need for them to show so much freaking skin to the audience…that wasn’t what cheerleading was about in the past
I don’t think it’s so much the skimpiness as the design of the uniforms. The black leatherish look makes them look like private dancers.
It’s the University of Idaho, for Pete’s sake! They usually end the season with a perfect record (although the 0 is usually on the wrong side of the dash). Those dedicated fans need something to cheer about. I’ve also seen far more revealing unis on cheerleaders. These are really pretty tame.
I’m more offended by the fact that they’re pleather than the slutty cut
i thought cheerleading outfits have always been like that. so whats the problem now?
no, theyre not. i am a cheerleader & the reason for the skirts being so short is that it is a lot more functional that anything else, and comfortable. if people are paying attention to the short skirts on the cheerleaders instead of the football game, what does that say about the football team playing?
Why not let them show their bodies off while they still can?
You reference Fox news so much, it is insane.
Anyway, my opinion is yes. Those girls look like strippers. What is up with the shiney material? And why the low-neck cut, stomach showing, micro mini combo. I think it isn’t a matter of the skirts being too short. It is a matter that they are not only too short, but too tight and paired with a highly revealing top.
The better question is how do these girls perform in these outfits with out showing their genetalia. Maybe they don’t. What do college cheerleaders do, anyway?
I miss the old days when athletes were athletic.
hahahahhahah ahha hahahhahahahahhaahha
soooo cute THEOLOGIAN!!! You said you didnt even notice there were football games at cheerleading events. hahahhahahah.
Too skimpy for COLLEGE cheerleaders? I think not! High school and younger, yes. But heck! These are colleges..helloooooooooooooooooooooooo. Basically everyone is 18 and up = adults
only slightly
I feel like if you’re going to watch the football game then you won’t be watching the skanks on the sideline anyway!
Also I feel that any girl who puts this on doesn’t respect themselves enough to matter.
So let them be skimpy skanks…who cares? I’m not going to lose sleep over it.
i think that sence its a sport that mostly caters to the male, that it makes sence to have skimpily clad girls running around. do i agree with it? well i think some good taste should be shown, but then again good taste seems to be a foreign idea nower days.
If they don’t like the outfits…don’t wear em…and if you (not YOU, but a general you) don’t like em, don’t look at em. Watch the damned football game that’s going on behind them.
I found it ridiculous that one school would not let their cheerleaders wear their outfits to school for dress code violations….HELLO? They are the ones that BOUGHT them!!!!!
those aren’t the worst i’ve ever seen, actually quite modest
they’re cheerleaders, it’s an excuse to be a slut
Why does it matter? Longer skirts will just make it difficult to o the stunts and it would just cause an accident. Sure they can wear long pants, but it doesn’t look as nice.
That is just completely bull that it takes away from the players, a poor excuse.
she’s a hoe… fo sho.
Those are pretty small…on one hand I want to say if that’s what they want to wear, let them wear it. I certainly won’t complain. But on the other hand, if I had young children I’m not sure I’d want them to see them jumping around and doing the splits and spreading their legs and flipping and……*drool*
Too short, period.
Oh good grief. It’s college!! it’s not like they are middle schoolers. They are cheerleaders – of course they want to draw attention to themselves – otherwise girls like me would be doing their jobs!
oh – and the skin tight pants the football players wear that show off their packages aren’t offensive??? lol…
Um, yes, most definitely. How are they even supposed to MOVE in those skirts?
@xo_notyourpoorthing - I have the idea that tight shorts would be much more comfortable to perform in – they won’t restrict movement nearly as much as a skirt. But do their boobs have to be hanging out, too? That part, at least, cannot be comfortable.
@musicmom60 - I would think that depends on how long the skirts are. really, too much material would get in the way. I’m all for cheerleaders wearing pants!
these women should be in the kitchen where they belong—they can wear short skirts there, or nothing at all, frankly I don’t care as long as they pop out babies and make me dinner.
Yes I do actually. I like it more when they wear modest uniforms..not extra tight and extra skimpy like this.
Who knew Idaho was so important?! And fancy that, a state called I-Da-Ho complaining about skirts… Hah!
Those stretched pieces of plastic on those girls’ bodies are uniforms?
don’t know why they need to wear those skimpy outfits. i can cheer for my team wearing clothes. they should be expected to do the same. you don’t see male cheerleaders wearing only speedo. anyways if i am going to pay my week’s salary to go watch a football game then i am going to watch some football not some skimpy girl yelling. i will cheer when my team is doing well. i don’t need them to help me cheer. so yeah. no cheerleaders please. if i want to see some skimpy girls then i’ll watch really skimpy girls. not at a sporting event.
I’m sorry but they look like prostitutes, not cheerleaders.
@la_faerie_joyeuse - yes shorts would be a lot more comfortable but then they would just get ridiculed even more because someone would bring up that their asses are hanging out, etc. & the tops really aren’t uncomfortable because they are really supportive and not restrictive
is that the picture? if so, yeeeeeeeesss. it doesn’t even look like a cheerleader uniform! more like a skimpy halloween costume.
@xo_notyourpoorthing - If the shorts came down to knee-length or something, and were stretchy, I don’t think that would inhibit performance, and they would surely not be flashing anything objectionable. The tops pictured don’t look very supportive, though – it looks like that one girl’s nipples are about to fall out as soon as she turns upsidedown in a cartwheel or whatever. And I’m pretty sure she’s not exactly wearing a sports bra under that.
I say if they want to wear it, let them. The game must go on!
@la_faerie_joyeuse - the tops are very supportive & usually theyd get team sport bras that arent able to be seen underneath the tops, and also they are tight enough so that yer guaranteed not to fall out. not all cheerleaders have huge boobs so that factor doesnt apply to everyone & you cant blame the girls who are more endowed than others. the stretch fabric of the shorts would still make the girls asses look big and thats whats the problem with people criticizing them. if the shorts are too long then they get really hot and its not comfortable for them.
They’re hideous anyway, but ugh why do women expose themselves that way? Plus it means someone with even a little bit of a tummy can’t cheer because you have to be practically naked.
The stuff we have on our cheerleaders don’t even count as clothes.
When I glanced at this topic, I thought it read: Short Skorts. You know, the skirts that are actually shorts? I thought what a good idea and I came here to find out it was something else. Now that I mention it, they should replace the skirts with skorts…..so they’re still able to perform their moves and you don’t get that view…….You know
If I was wearing it, it would be skimpy. But these are college cheerleaders, all over 18 and legal. If it was a high school, it would be too skimpy. For college, not at all.
I’ve seen girls wearing stuff like that going out to bars, so I am going to go with no. They really aren’t that skimpy.
True football fans are there to watch football – don’t see how it could totally draw attention away from the game – People expect cheerleaders to look sexy – I don’t particularly like those outfits but if that’s what they want – who cares?
@WomanOfLight - AGREED!
Cheerleaders are there too boost the moral of the game, not be hookers. They need to put some clothes on. Poor dears.
they look great…………the complaints were probably from ugly fat women………cheerleading is hardwork, a form of good exercise, so naturally their body will be really hot and sweaty. what’s wrong with showing a little skin? you’ve seen ladies with bikinis at the beach right? Get over it. Besides how are you suppose to see their awesome moves if they wear sweatshirts and sweatpants?
@Ladiiee - i compleatly agree.
‘never realized they had football games at cheerleading events’….ROFL
Those people trying to make their outfits more modest probably talked to someone who said the same thing.
Perhaps we should cease and desist from spending countless billions per year in consumer dollars and tax dollars on professional sports leagues that actually have a negative impact on the local economies that support them in an ironic contrast to the insulting claims made by stadium lobbyists that hosting a team will improve the local economy rather than redirect consumer dollars towards Bud lite and Miller lite.
They aren’t too short.
When I cheered mine was shorter, and many girls on my squad wore 2′s when they needed 4′s or XS when they needed Medium.
That is so dumb. It’s like… they’re cheerleaders! What do people want? I’m sure if they came out in longjohns people would say the opposite. That blonde in the picture has a dog face though. That’s the only part I disagree with: ugly girls thinking they’re pretty just because they are thin. People should be complaining about having to look at that chick’s face more than her body. Jeez.
Hold on, did you say college, or fucking second grade gym? Seriously folks? They’re at least eighteen and in Idaho, that’s the fucking age of consent.
What century are we living in people? I could understand if they weren’t wearing those giant, thick granny panties that cheerleaders wear, and their pussy was just dripping all over the field, but this is just ridiculous.
i don’t know, but if i was a cheerleader, i would probably want something a little more flexible to work in. Tight leather skirts don’t amuse me…
to comment to the person who said they need to be short so that they don’t get hot. well you would think that your’re going to get hot dancing around. so if you don’t want to get hot, don ‘t become a cheerleader. and please put some clothes on…
Cheerleading outfits have always been on the skimpy side (e.g. short skirts) but seem to have worse.
No one is forceing them to wear the outfits, or anyone to look at them for that matter. Both are done on a matter of choice. Don’t like it? Watch something else.
When a kindergarten kid can wear your clothes I would say that your entering the realm of being a hoochie…
Yeah.
If they distract you from the football game, then perhaps you don’t like football all that much anyway. At that point, you’re obviously being provided with something you deem more worthy of watching. If they distract other people…..try minding your own F***ing business and let people live their own lives.
Yes, They don’t look very comfortable to cheer in..
I guess it depends on how the school wants to be represented…
Well,most cheerleading outfits are little bitty but they are not tight.These are too tight and I don’t know how they can do flips and cartwheels.Plus,they need to be skorts so when ou do a flip,everyone won’t see your thong!
Yea they are.
those are some ugly looking cheerleaders.
One thing for sure, they are not selling their cheers.
The same goes for those darn female gymnasts and swimmers. Put some clothes on, people!
Correct me if I am wrong, but don’t most cheerleaders wear skorts?
they’re DEFINITELY too TACKY. ugly! shiny?!? slutty! and doesn’t it get COLD there?
lol..good 1
Those look a little on the skimpy to me. It isn’t even just the skirt. The top is barely covering their boobs.
I think thay should defnly put some clothes on like ew
those skirts aren’t short enough! i want something to entertain me when the game gets boring…
I don’t think they’re too skimpy…in as much as they are about the same “length” as other uniforms I’ve seen. I cover all-star competitive cheerleading and shoot college football and I’ve seen decidedly LESS than what these girls are wearing. Whether or not they are appropriate for cheerleading is a whole ‘nuther debate.
But those uniforms, to me, are just U-G-L-Y and they ain’t got no alibi, they UGLY!
lol.
Those skirts are very impractical to be doing stunts. They are too tight to move around in and do flips and splits, etc. If they are going to be short, they should at least be pleated and/or have flow to them. Sorry, skin-tight leather-looking skirts + cheerleading does not equal good cheer routines.
There’s a line between cheerleader and sidelines prostitute, and I think they’ve definitely passed it.
Sure their outfits are fine……if they want to look like whores.
Ever notice how much sluttier cheerleading has got? Seriously look back and tell me why a girl needs to be dressed that way to cheer on a team. For that matter why do we even need cheerleaders? Aren’t we capable of cheering ourselves?
Too skimpy? I think they leave way too much to the imagination. It’s not fair to people like me who have no imagination….
Better they have on some type of uniform than naked like the party after
This is college, not Hooters. Besides, these skanks look like they should have graduated at least ten years ago–ewwww!
If they don’t have an issue with the uniform then I don’t have an issue with them prancing around in the uniforms.