I have always known this cheer to be 'My back aches, my skirts too tight, and my hips shake from left to right'. Different parents feel their kids are allowed to be exposed to different things at different ages. I have never been on a team that approved of this cheer. I don't think it was ever brought up as a legit cheer. People have forgotten the whole point of having cheerleaders at a game, or event is to 'cheer for a team'. That cheer no matter how the words have changed it still has nothing to do with supporting a team or the squad itself. It is still important to keep in mind the job that cheerleaders are there to do, entertain and support, but to do it in a tactful way.
The little girl is going to be the only one suffering from this drama. The coach kicked her off a team over something she couldn't control. Sports are about the kids and nobody at the school or the team seems to be thinking about the kids and how being kicked off might change her views on this sport forever. Any organization that doesn't think possible inappropriate cheers are a problem, and follow it up with expelling the athlete from the team, find a different team with better role models.
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