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Yes 13 81.25%
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Old Sun Dec 13, 2015, 09:23pm
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If I run into them, they are too close. That is where the line is drawn.
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Old Sun Dec 13, 2015, 10:21pm
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If I run into them, they are too close. That is where the line is drawn.
You got that right! - did that once about 10 years ago. I was sprinting down the sideline covering a fast break when one of the cheerleaders leaned into the court to get a better look. I saw her at the last scond out of the corner of my eye and tried to adjust - we hit glancing shoulder to shoulder - not much of a contest...175# of me at full speed vs. maybe 115# of her....she went flying & slid on her backside for about 15 feet. Fortunately she wasn't injured.

We don't have any specific rules, but if we think there is a hazard or they may interfere with play we make them move.
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Old Mon Dec 14, 2015, 09:21am
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In the game Friday night, the cheerleaders were 2 deep along the baseline. It's a pretty standard high school gym with a wall behind them, so there was no room along the baseline and I felt pretty squeezed. I hadn't run into this issue before so I let it slide but it sounds like in the future I should tell them single file or get lost?
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Old Mon Dec 14, 2015, 10:09am
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In the game Friday night, the cheerleaders were 2 deep along the baseline. It's a pretty standard high school gym with a wall behind them, so there was no room along the baseline and I felt pretty squeezed. I hadn't run into this issue before so I let it slide but it sounds like in the future I should tell them single file or get lost?
Preferable to speak to the adult in charge of them and inform them of your safety concerns. At a minimum I let them know they need to be outside of the 3-point line.
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Old Mon Dec 14, 2015, 01:48pm
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Kansas allows cheer teams to cavort along the end line; this prevents me to not be able to drop as deep as I'd like to in the L.

Is it disconcertion when the visitor team is shooting a FT and cheer leaders are rattling their poms poms (mind you they are not saying anything) but you still hear this audible "sshh shhh shhh" sound their pom poms are making as B1 is shooting the FT. I let it slide, thinking that there's a limit to the amount of regulating that I want to be doing during a game--I've got enough to worry about OK.
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Old Mon Dec 14, 2015, 02:09pm
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In the game Friday night, the cheerleaders were 2 deep along the baseline. It's a pretty standard high school gym with a wall behind them, so there was no room along the baseline and I felt pretty squeezed. I hadn't run into this issue before so I let it slide but it sounds like in the future I should tell them single file or get lost?
Ah, yes. Stacked cheerleaders.
Huge issue for me in that I've sprained ankles twice, each time rolling them over when I stepped on cheerleaders' feet.
Safety issue. Politely addressed at first by tactfully asking if they can back up and give me room when they see me coming, which they typically do. If that doesn't work, I have asked the event manager who has asked their coach to move them.
I wouldn't move them myself without going to the event manager and/or their coach. Always worked when I needed to.
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Old Mon Dec 14, 2015, 02:15pm
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I have had games where the cheerleaders are on the end line as there is limited/no room along the sideline. If it is really tight, before the game I just walk over to them and say "Ladies. We are going to be running around here and moving a lot with little or no chance to watch for you. Help us by staying alert and moving out of the way. Remember, if you get in the way your uniform will make it real easy to decide which team gets the technical."

Would I whack a team because of the cheerleaders? Probably not unless they got in the way repeatedly...but they don't know that.
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Old Mon Dec 14, 2015, 02:19pm
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Ah, yes. Stacked cheerleaders.
Huge issue for me
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Old Mon Dec 14, 2015, 02:45pm
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Our state says we are to have 3 feet around the perimeter of the entire court. Cheerleaders are to give that amount of space at least when we are on their end of the court. Not always as possible, but most cheerleading squads understand we can move them if they do not comply. I did have a big problem one time, but that is a story for another day.

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