Censored Cheer

As much as Texas and Florida are synonymous with football, Connecticut seems to be the land of cheerleading, seeing as all the big spirit finger stories are coming out of the Nutmeg State these days. First, a Connecticut judge reaffirmed what we all knew – cheerleading is not a sport. And now a cheerleading team… wait, no. Team implies sport, sorry. A cheerleading coven has appealed to the Connecticut Board of Education because their uniforms… wait, no. Sorry. Because their costumes are too revealing. Oh the horror.

The girls are upset because the tops reveal their midriffs, and they believe that this is demeaning to them as proper young ladies. Instead, they want to wear less revealing tops and longer skirts. Should they succeed in their pleas, when they ask the crowd what that spells, the response will be, “Hey sweater, you‘re blocking the game!”

Give me a P, give me a R, give me a U-D-E! What’s that spell, Yahoo! Prep Rally?

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