Cheerleading Community Blog

In 1999, while I was a cheerleader at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ, my friends are I were asked by the NBA to help them start a crowd-interactive square. We weren’t sure what they wanted, and they weren’t sure what we were capable of… so it was perfect! Haha. Our first event was the Hall of Fame Game in Connecticut and I guess we did a great job because only a month later, they sent us to Milan, Italy. It’s been a fun ride since then…

1999 - Hall of Fame Game, Springfield, Mass.
1999 - McDonald’s Championship at the Fila Forum in Milan, Italy
1999 - Exhibition Game in Mexico City, Mexico
1999 - NBA Japan Games at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan
2000 - NBA All Star Game, San Francisco (Oakland)
2001 - NBA All Star Game, Washington DC
2002 - WNBA All Star Game, Orlando
2002 - NBA All Star Game, Philadelphia
2002 - WNBA All Star Game, Washington DC
2003 - WNBA All Star Game, New York City
2003 - NBA Europe Games at the Bercy Arena in Paris, France
2003 - Exhibition Game at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain
2004 - China Games at Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai, China
2004 - NBA China Games at Capital Stadium, Beijing, China
2005 - NBA All Star Game, Denver
2005 - WNBA Sll Star Game, Connecticut
2006 - NBA All Star Game, Houston
2006 - WNBA All Star Game, New York
2006 - USAB in Guangzou, China and Seoul, Korea
2006 - NBA Live in Barcelona, Spain, Paris, France, Rome, Italy and Cologne, Germany
2007 - NBA All Star Game, Las Vegas

In all the years I’ve been cheered for the NBA, I have never seen our routines. Needless to say, it’s taken a long time to get these videos of our performances and I am so excited to share them with you. Enjoy…

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Hello all fellow cheerleaders! We wanted to share a blog we found the other day that literally listed every single professional cheerleader and dance team for every sports team you can think of. The website, Pro Cheerleader Blog, features links to all your favorite teams in football, basketball and more.

In other news, we’ve introduced a new black design to our homepage while the community website is being worked on. It’s the same simple form to signup with a link to our blog here. We’ve also introduced ways for our members to help promote CheerOutLoud by introducing new features like:

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The article goes into depth about how cheerleading is truly an industry progressing each year and can be compared with any of the sports out there. “College and high school cheerleaders compete for national championships. They risk terrible injury. They get recruited for college scholarships. And, in some cases, they put in more practice hours than the football team.” The biggest poll seems to always be “Is cheerleading a sport?” Of Course! That’s why we’re here and 20 state high school organizations think so too. There are more than 3 million cheerleaders in the world and most of them participate in other parallel sports like dance and gymnastics. To add to that, a half-million of them attend cheerleading camps each year. The article goes into listing celebrities who were cheerleaders as well like Halle Berry, Katie Couric and our esteemed president George W. Bush. Wish we had some pictures of them! It’s a great article with tons of information, so go check it out and feel free to give us your comments on how you see cheerleading shifting over the next few years.

Before you go, here’s a little tidbit on a list of what it costs to be a cheerleader, even though we all know it’s all about heart and dedication. Hey mom, this list is for you!

Women:
Hair accessory: $4
Crop or body suit: $20
Top: $56
Skirt: $60
Briefs: $9
Socks: $5
Shoes: $56
Pom-Pom: $18 per pair
Megaphone: $26
Personalized warm-ups: $80
Men:
Top: $62
Pants: $53
Shoes: $60
Socks: $5
Source: National Cheerleading Association

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