Cheerleaders on the baseline in a double file formation

[SC Official]

Originally Posted by LRZ

"Officials are responsible for the enforcement of this regulation. First offense – warning; Second and subsequent offense – technical foul..."

Sure, let's add this to the officials' responsibilities.

What an inane mechanism, giving warnings and technicals. If the concern is safety, there should never be a "second or subsequent offense." Get the game administrator to address the problem and don't restart the game until it's safe to do so.

But at least with this policy, officials have explicit backing so some whiny cheer coach can't argue "There's nothing that says we have to sit in the stands." And if it gets to the point where a T is issued, I bet it's never an issue at that school again. And chances are that AD's are well aware of this policy so officials don't even have to get involved.

I agree that we shouldn't be "responsible" for this, but this is something I personally would have no problem enforcing.