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Friday, May. 16, 2008

"But I'm a cheerleader!": Did ASU overreact?

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After a so-called "racy" photo of Arizona State University cheerleaders surfaced on a blog called The Dirty (site is somewhat NSFW), the notorious party school's athletic director decided to cut the squad completely. (Only six members of the squad are shown in the photo, but all 16-members will suffer the consequences.) Party foul!


Is it just me or is this just a teensy, weensy bit of an overreaction? I personally know people who went to that school, and some of the things the Greeks on that campus do is 10 times crazier than these vanilla girls taking a goody snap at a cheer/slumber party two years ago (think Old School but more perverse!). Yes, the photo provides a new addition to plenty of people's spank banks (one of our staffers has a new screen saver!!! (kidding)), but come on. Fifteen year old Miley Cyrus can pose nude in a nationally distributed magazine but aged over 18 cheerleaders, who already wear like, nothing on the field anyway, get shut down for this?


What do you think? Did ASU totally overreact, or did the girls deserve to um, naughty jokes aside, get punished?
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  • alexmichelle97's Avatar
    Posted by alexmichelle97 Mon May 5, 2008 2:28pm PDT

    i love all yrrrr

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  • lola sa's Avatar
    Posted by lola sa Mon May 5, 2008 2:57pm PDT

    wow harsh but fair

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  • Lyndsi_Erin's Avatar
    Posted by Lyndsi_Erin Mon May 5, 2008 5:32pm PDT

    I think that the girls who took and posted the photo should be punished according to universaty rules, but the others shouldn't have to pay.

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  • nthawind's Avatar
    Posted by nthawind Mon May 5, 2008 5:42pm PDT

    The punishment does not fit the crime!

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  • Ben's Avatar
    Posted by Ben Mon May 5, 2008 5:51pm PDT

    I think the University way overreacted. I mean, what they're wearing is not all that much less than their uniforms, really, what's the big whoop?

    Couldn't the university just have a talk with them, or some other reprimand?

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  • DeAnn's Avatar
    Posted by DeAnn Mon May 5, 2008 5:51pm PDT

    Um, yeah, that's kind of harsh. But there's 2 sides to every story. Did the girls who didn't participate know about the photo? Did one of them take the photo? Were they there when it was taken? If they decided to clam up and band together in sorority solidarity, there may have been no choice but to cut the whole team, because there's no telling who besides the girls in the photo were actually involved.

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  • treeforest's Avatar
    Posted by treeforest Mon May 5, 2008 5:53pm PDT

    Fascists! Can anyone tell me what NSFW means?

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  • Kate's Avatar
    Posted by Kate Mon May 5, 2008 5:56pm PDT

    i think they are skanks!

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  • blinkgurl949's Avatar
    Posted by blinkgurl949 Mon May 5, 2008 5:58pm PDT

    Treeforest, NSFW is not safe for work.

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  • M E's Avatar
    Posted by M E Mon May 5, 2008 6:06pm PDT

    Ridiculous. If these young ladies had been at the beach at the time, they would probably be wearing something even more skimpy and yet considered acceptable since it is beach/swimwear. I think the university not only overreacted, they owe all sixteen an apology.

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