ASU Cuts Cheerleading Squad after Racy Photos Appear on TheDirty.com
Well this one is just a shocker!! This has been all over the news locally and many are up in arms, over the ASU Cheerleading Squad getting the axe after “racy” photos appeared on TheDirty.com.
The most shocking part of this whole story, is that even though only 6 members of the squad were posing in the “racy” pictures, the ENTIRE squad got cut. It just doesn’t make sense:
The cheerleaders told MyFOXPhoenix that the photographs were a result of college kids goofing off, and they believe the decision to disband the team has been in the works for a while. The photographs are two years old, and were taken at a “cheer party.”
Are you kidding me? Two years old? Lisa Love(VP of Athletics) cut the entire squad over two year old photos????
Here is a bit more from an official email from Lisa Love to TheDirty.com:
NO cheer squad next year at ANY football, basketball or other sporting event games. The only form of “cheer squad” that will remain is the megaphones and signs. Which will not be called the cheerleaders, but instead “Sparky’s Crew.”
There is something going on here and we are going to dig it up! There is no reason the world should be without these ASU cheerleaders…at least not over this.
Updated news/info/humor from the blogosphere:
Arizona State Cuts Cheerleading Squad, Was TheDirty.com Responsible?
ASU cheerleaders losing their squad
The Evil, Nasty Internet Claims Another: Reports Claim Arizona State to Cut Cheerleading Squad
Update 2: Is this whole thing a blown out of proportion?
Well this story just keeps on getting weirder. Now, ASU is denying the initial claim:
ASU denies cheerleading out because of sexy photos
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Hey Hub, there’s an update on this item at:
http://blogs.usatoday.com/gameon/2008/05/asu-denies-chee.html
The cheerleading squad isn’t going to be eliminated.
[…] real concern though is, where is SaveASUCheerleading.com. We’d much rather see the pictures on that website than the men’s swimming and wrestling teams […]