moving the cheerleaders

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by SmokeEater

NCAA rules, court diagram shows a minimum 3 ft of unobstructed space along the sidelines (preferred 10 ft) and 6 ft along the end lines.

NFHS has basically the same thing on page 7 of the rules book.

Minimum of 3 feet, preferably 10 feet, of unobstructed space outside [the boundary lines].

That is the rules support which I would use to move the cheerleaders, if necessary.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Ignats75

There are a couple of smaller gyms where there is no room for the cheerleaders except along the baseline. I generally try to warn them that I'm alot bigger than they are (they're cheerleaders, I need to explain it ) and I won't be the one hurt if I run into them. One game, during a fastbreak, I was running down the sideline looking over my shoulder and steamrolled one girl. Thank the Lord she wasn't seriously hurt. They stayed out of my way after that.

This is the same line I use when I foresee a potential problem. I'm 6' and 200+, so when I tell them it won't be me getting hurt, they tend to believe me.

[jcarter]

I worked a gym just a couple nights ago that had no room on the sidelines for the cheerleaders and on the end lines there was 3 to 4 feet from baseline to wall.

I told the girls look you can do your thing but if you see me come running, im getting a little older I still run well but I dont stop very well so be heads up!

So, on occasion through out the game when a fast break would develop as I am running down to the base line I can her the cheerleaders, " Look out here he comes" I had to chuckle every time.

[IREFU2]

I have a local HS that has cheerleaders that love to really crowd the baseline on one side of the court. It makes it real hard to work the baseline on the side they are on. Usually I motion them to move back a bit and they comply. But that led me to wonder...

What authority, if any, do we have to move cheerleaders?

I cant find a rule that allows us to do it and I even pulled up the Spirit Rules to see if they have a rule about it and they dont seem to.

I know one solution is to just ask the AD to do it. But at the end of a tight game, I dont want to have to get the AD and stop play to move them. I want to know if there is a rules basis to be able to move them if I want to.

I usually just back out when I am on the baseline and they will move. I actually ran into one last month and both of us hit the pads on the wall. After that, no problem with them.

[blindzebra]

I just tell them to move back for me because I step on one cheerleader every year, and I haven't so far, so let's not have it happen tonight.