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[QUOTE]Originally posted by BktBallRef
[B]In NC, cheerleaders are required to be seated except during intermissions and 60 second timeouts. Is it different where you live? I would not allow the cheerleaders on the playing floor for safety reasons. Where does your state association stand on this issue?
I officiate in Kansas. I'm really not sure what the stand of the state association is. I know that the cheerleaders are allowed to cheer on both endlines during the game. They come out on the floor during the 60 second timeouts. My thinking is this, as coach, I wouldn't want my players on the FT line to be distracted by the opponents cheerleaders so I am not going to allow my cheerleaders to distract. I apologize if I made this sound like a big problem in our area, it's not as far as I know. This situation just came up during one game of a J/V Tourney recently. I didn't think it was allowed, but I didn't have the ammunition to put a stop to it. Like I said in my original post, they were not jumping up and down going wild, they were standing, clapping their hands and stomping their feet. It may or may not have been distracting to the shooters.
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