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[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

I did a few quick searches and couldn't find it, but what allows cheerleaders to use megaphones (I believe that they are allowed to use such)? And, if so, what allows cheerleaders to use megaphones and doesn't allow spectators to use megaphones, if, in fact, spectators are not allowed to use megaphones?

2001-2002 Interpretations

SITUATION 6: The school-sponsored cheerleaders wish to use megaphones as part of their cheerleading routines from the sidelines. RULING: The new rule prohibiting artificial noisemakers would not apply to the cheerleaders in this situation. The megaphones would only be legal for the cheerleader’s use, provided they were being used appropriately. (1-18)

So, how is an official, who started officiating after 2001-02, supposed to know this?

And, who defines "used appropriately"? Banging the megaphones against the bleachers?

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

And, who defines "used appropriately"?

I worked a game once where one team's cheerleaders yelled into the large end of their megaphones so their voices came out the small end.

Of course, they were all blonde.