REMEMBER THE OLD JOKE THAT BEGINS: "WHY DO FOOTBALL GAMES HAVE CHEERLEADERS?"

The answer was: "To make the fans root harder." Which of course could be punctuated several ways. Anyway, this story reminds this blog of that.

(Thanks to Sean)

Comments

[Not My Usual Alias]

No Fun League, indeed.

[Jeff Meyerson]

So now, what, it's wrong for cheerleaders to strut their stuff?

Talk about your creeping fascism!

[ubetcha]

Isn't that what football's all about?

[lilrascal]

No stretching? I think I'll just end it all right here.

[Annie Where-but-here]

Well, NEENER to them.

[Siouxie]

To make fans root harder.

To make fan's root harder.

yep...

[Annie Where-but-here]

Maybe they should cheer right in front of the referees.

[padraig]

Players from visiting teams quickly responded, "No, it's ok, honest, leave them alone PLEEEEEEEASE?"

[Clark Kent]

Reminds me of that scene in "The Replacements" where the cheerleaders were mostly strippers...

Their "warm ups" seemed pretty effective at distracting the other team, but I was OK with it. The players just need to learn to focus.....

[Sean]

I live near Cleveland and am a lifelong Browns fan ( I know..) And they don't even have cheerleaders! I think this is an unfair advantage to the other teams.

[Annie Where-but-here]

After further research, maybe they should limit cheerleaders. This might explain Chicago's loss to Dallas yesterday.

[Not My Usual Alias]

Annie WBH --
Rex Grossman doesn't need any help to have just about as many turnovers as points. He aspires to have a double digit QB rating.

Cheerleaders would have to be really, really out of it to try to get a crowd inspired at Soldier Field.

[O the U(manity)]

OK ... so the No Fun League isn't connected to Real Life, but there's that old rule for RL that says ... "When you've got It, Flaunt It!"

Merely trineta help ...

[insomniac]

most of the film taken by the patriots of other teams was, in fact, of cheerleaders!

[Alfred]

"No word on whether it's legal to videotape the opposing team's cheerleaders."

I have a friend that is really obsessed about football. He will sit right in front of the cheerleaders and not notice them.

[J.E.C.666]

Alf, I'd worry about your friend. Or is your friend working for Nfl (NOT Nfld)? Then I'd worry about your choice of friends.

[Annie Where-but-here]

Personally, I can't stand rah-rahs. There, I said it. And I feel much better. In fact, I feel fabulous.

[Wes S.]

Well...so much for "Save the cheerleader; save the world."

Not in the NFL, anyway...

[Moon]

If they REALLY want to do something, they should make the phony "celebrations" that the players do after a big play illegal. If you have run 10 yards to make some kind of an OBVIOUSLY planned "celebration", you should get a 15 yard penalty and a fine.

Spontaneously jumping up and going "YEAH!" is one thing, running 10 yards and doing choreography that would be considered OK on Broadway is another.

END IT, NFL! END IT!!

[Moon]

I had a buddy who used to chauffeur the Budweiser girls, back in the day. He was a REAL DORK about it - he was like a guardian or something. We couldn't even get close to them.

/After that, I went to all his parties and farted noisily!

[insomniac]

some 'skank wranglers' take their jobs seriously, moon...

[carthy]

the story is pretty funny, but the comments on it are HILARIOUS. holy illiterate rednecks bman. hyuck.