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Dallas’ cheerleaders are all the distraction a team needs
By Kara Yorio Let’s face it, what do I know about rating one set of cheerleaders over another? Maybe I could rate outfits. All I really know about cheerleaders is that I never was one, for a few reasons, I suppose. I’d rather be competing than cheering, but mostly I didn’t have the requisite attitude or athletic ability. I can’t do a cartwheel, never mind something more complicated that involves flipping. I can’t smile for that long, particularly in bad weather. And I want no part of those pyramids.
Here’s what I do know — when you think of NFL cheerleaders, the first ones you think of are the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders. You get the feeling the football team could disappear and the franchise that is the Cowboys cheerleaders would go on and on. They are the standard, the premier group of pompoms and dancers. They are, without doubt, the Cadillac of NFL cheerleaders. And they help the team with a little more than revving up the crowd.
Don’t believe me? Well, take the word of a former NFLer. Here’s a piece of a column that former Giants quarterback (and TV bachelor) Jesse Palmer wrote for the Web site tsn.ca, a Canadian sports Web site, in early October.
“This past week the NFL issued a memo to all 32 teams which instructed home teams not to allow their cheerleaders to warm up, stretch or perform in front of the opposing team during the pre-game. While I don't think that teams intentionally use this ploy to gain an advantage, I can say from experience that cheerleader distraction during games is real.
“While starting for the New York Giants in week 16 versus the Dallas Cowboys in 2005 [Palmer actually means Week 16 of 2003, but with that cheerleader distraction, who could know week from week or year from year?], I found out just how distracting cheerleaders can be. In that game we started several drives inside our own 20-yard line, with each drive following a TV timeout. With my back to the end zone in the huddle, I became frustrated because I couldn't make eye contact with any of my 10 teammates as I was trying to call our plays; they were all staring right at the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders who were performing in the end zone.
“I remember our offensive linemen shaking their heads in utter amazement, but the classic line came from our tight end, Visanthe Shiancoe, who interrupted me in the middle of a play call and said, ‘Jesse you really need to turn around and see this ….’”
And there you have it. Not from me, but from somebody who knows.
http://cadillacof.msn.com/foxsports/article.aspx?category=nfl&articleid=5936913
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By Kara Yorio Let’s face it, what do I know about rating one set of cheerleaders over another? Maybe I could rate outfits. All I really know about cheerleaders is that I never was one, for a few reasons, I suppose. I’d rather be competing than cheering, but mostly I didn’t have the requisite attitude or athletic ability. I can’t do a cartwheel, never mind something more complicated that involves flipping. I can’t smile for that long, particularly in bad weather. And I want no part of those pyramids.
Here’s what I do know — when you think of NFL cheerleaders, the first ones you think of are the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders. You get the feeling the football team could disappear and the franchise that is the Cowboys cheerleaders would go on and on. They are the standard, the premier group of pompoms and dancers. They are, without doubt, the Cadillac of NFL cheerleaders. And they help the team with a little more than revving up the crowd.
Don’t believe me? Well, take the word of a former NFLer. Here’s a piece of a column that former Giants quarterback (and TV bachelor) Jesse Palmer wrote for the Web site tsn.ca, a Canadian sports Web site, in early October.
“This past week the NFL issued a memo to all 32 teams which instructed home teams not to allow their cheerleaders to warm up, stretch or perform in front of the opposing team during the pre-game. While I don't think that teams intentionally use this ploy to gain an advantage, I can say from experience that cheerleader distraction during games is real.
“While starting for the New York Giants in week 16 versus the Dallas Cowboys in 2005 [Palmer actually means Week 16 of 2003, but with that cheerleader distraction, who could know week from week or year from year?], I found out just how distracting cheerleaders can be. In that game we started several drives inside our own 20-yard line, with each drive following a TV timeout. With my back to the end zone in the huddle, I became frustrated because I couldn't make eye contact with any of my 10 teammates as I was trying to call our plays; they were all staring right at the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders who were performing in the end zone.
“I remember our offensive linemen shaking their heads in utter amazement, but the classic line came from our tight end, Visanthe Shiancoe, who interrupted me in the middle of a play call and said, ‘Jesse you really need to turn around and see this ….’”
And there you have it. Not from me, but from somebody who knows.
http://cadillacof.msn.com/foxsports/article.aspx?category=nfl&articleid=5936913
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