Goon Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 Gopher Cheerleaders do the M-I-N-N-E-S-O-T-A cheer at home games. They do not do chants in the stairs like ours, they just dance. So you are correct, they do perform one cheer. The budget for the ENTIRE cheer and dance program is VERY low. I want to say its about 10-15000, but closer to the 10 mark. It was cut drastically last season. That leaves about $3000 for hockey, if even that much. So yea, these girls do pay a lot out of their pocket to cheer. But the main point here is, why would you cut cheerleaders from the only D1 sport we have? It makes no sense to have 6 cheerleaders cheering for hockey games, while you have 16 cheerleaders and a 10-20 person dance team cheering for football and basketball games. Why not cut a few cheerleaders/dancers from those programs? The initial reason the girls were given for not having hockey cheerleaders directly from the coach Amber Bruns is "We have almost 50 people involved in the cheer and dance program and the athletic department has been trying to cut our number to around 35 for quite some time. The lower number of athletes makes it easier for the training room resources, strength and conditioning program, insurance, grade reporting ect." So once again, what sense does it make to cut back hockey, and why does it make any type of a difference if they go on the ice? The hockey cheerleaders only use one hour of ice per week for practice. Boy the college should be proud of their selves now nickling and diming the cheer leaders. Maybe the cheer leaders need to have a 50-50 ticket draw like they do at the River Cities Speedway... Maybe we need to start a save the cheer leaders movement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 Cheerleaders. Ryan Duncan's or Weston Dressler's scholarship. Someone has to make tough fiscal decision and the decisions won't always be liked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwing77 Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 According to the facebook group: They cut back on the other teams too. For football (and basketball?) co-ed will only have 12 this year, all girl will only have 16, and i'm not sure about dance. The hockey cheerleaders also have to cheer for volleyball and soccer First off, why do they even need cheerleaders for volleyball? What are they going to cheer? "Comon girls, you can do it, jump and spike there's nothing to it!? I like soccer, but they don't need cheerleaders. I'm not even sure there are people that go to the games. What we do need is beach volleyball-style teams. If the girls are playing in bikinis..... again, cheerleaders aren't needed, the house would be packed though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverman Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 According to the facebook group: They cut back on the other teams too. For football (and basketball?) co-ed will only have 12 this year, all girl will only have 16, and i'm not sure about dance. The hockey cheerleaders also have to cheer for volleyball and soccer Why only the hockey cheerleaders have the extra cheerleading duties?? IMHO, Asst. AD is wielding to much power. Hope Mr. B is watching out for UND. One never knows where the next "Big Donation" might come from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverman Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 What we do need is beach volleyball-style teams. If the girls are playing in bikinis..... again, cheerleaders aren't needed, the house would be packed though. tsk, tsk, tsk.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwing77 Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 tsk, tsk, tsk.... Oh comon, don't tell me that volleyball wouldn't increase in popularity if they did go to that style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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