Shutdown Corner - NFL

Mon Nov 24, 2008 12:14 pm EST

Addressing a major problem facing the NFL today

Every November, this happens. Fans in NFL stadiums are robbed of part of the game-going experience, television broadcasts become less appealing, and imaginations everywhere are forced to shift into overdrive. The NFL has a serious problem, and that problem, friends, is bundled-up cheerleaders.

Just look at those words themselves. Bundled-up cheerleader. It's like non-alcoholic beer. The purpose is completely defeated.

The weather drops into the 20s and 30s, and the poor cheerleaders take the field wearing something akin to a parka. I don't know about you, but I won't even consider taking orders on when to cheer from someone who doesn't even care enough to show some belly-button.

So here's my proposed solution: heated plexiglass enclosures. 

I don't want to call them "cages," really, because that makes it seem dirty, and what I'm talking about here is something clean and wholesome. All I want is for these women to be warm and able to perform their art in a comfortable, very lightly-clothed atmosphere.

And I think we could accomplish this, even in a place like Denver, with a plexiglass enclosure and a couple of space heaters. I want you to be able to lose that big fringed leather coat, ma'am. That has to restrict your range of motion. How are you supposed to let me know that you've got spirit, yes you do, when your arms are weighed down like that, and there is no accompanying jiggle?

Plexiglass. Hockey uses it to keep pucks from killing spectators, and the NFL can use it to keep fully-covered torsos and legs from killing the spirit of fans. Give these women some shelter, pump some heat in, and let them cheer with roughly 4% of their skin covered. That's how the founding fathers would have wanted it.

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  1. Will
    1. Posted by Will Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:25 pm EDT

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    Is this the excuse why there wasn't a cheerleader post last week? I don't buy it. Not only are there 6 teams in Florida, Texas and SoCal (mmmm.... bucs!), but there are some domed stadiums too. So I've heard. No more excuses!
  2. Adam
    2. Posted by Adam Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:28 pm EDT

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    um....plexiglass enclosures with space heaters? Carbon monoxide poisoning? Hello?
  3. Kingpin
    3. Posted by Kingpin Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:43 pm EDT

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    If the Cheerleaders were true to their Art from they'd perform in bikin tops& g-strings in the most adverse weather imaginable. It's called suffering for your artform.
    Let's face facts these bimbos are nothing more than washed up gymnasts looking to hook-up w/a footballer& will go to any means to get themselves one. THEY LEND ABSOLUTELY ZERO TO THE GAME
  4. t bug
    4. Posted by t bug Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:44 pm EDT

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    sounds like you guys need to go to a stripclub and not a football game. I could care less about the cheerleaders.
    some teams dont even have any.
  5. I won
    5. Posted by I won Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:01 pm EDT

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    Carbon monoxide AND condensation buildup...they would suffocate and we couldn't see them through the fogged up plexiglass.
    And what's the deal with the Lions..are we the only(??) NFL team that doesn't have their own cheerleaders?? They use high school girls who are not nice to look at at all.
  6. gradymaxwell@...
    6. Posted by gradymaxwell@... Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:12 pm EDT

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    Hey, I been asking this question for the longest what is the purpose of cheerleaders? I'm looking to see someone get knocked the F out on the field! If I want to see some half dressed women, I'll take it the Strip Club!
  7. Eureeka J
    7. Posted by Eureeka J Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:56 pm EDT

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    well i think that ceering is a job just like football or any other sport. But it would be nice to wear what you want to ..I feel like cant anybody talk about nobody but there self and if thats what they want to wear that then let them.
  8. CalgonMan
    8. Posted by CalgonMan Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:56 pm EDT

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    Broncos fan here in Wisconsin. By the way, the Packers don't have their own cheerleaders either; used to awhile back. I agree in part with GradyMaxwell. I don't watch games to be titilated by cheerleaders or dancers. In fact, I'd rather not see them at all. I'm watching games with my kids and it aggravates me to see more than half-naked women prancing on the sideline or dancing on the field. Now, if a strip club is your thing, fine. My wife provides all the excitement I need. So, I prefer more clothes but would rather the cheerleaders not exist in the first place.
  9. tito (eight and oh)
    9. Posted by tito (eight and oh) Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:12 pm EDT

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    I'm sorry MJD
    I'm a Giants fan...what's a cheerleader?
  10. Darkness!
    10. Posted by Darkness! Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:45 pm EDT

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    wow- alot of gay guys watching the nfl these days... u don't like cheerleaders- WTF!?! I agree that this is an absolutely ridiculous topic to be blogging about; but for a heterosexual male to say he doesn't like cheerleaders kinda sounds like an oxymoron. Just a word of advice to the pu**ywhipped guys here whose wives prob. read everything they write, so they have to say they don't like looking at hot girls: if ur wife is watching football with u, it's prob. not cuz she likes football, as much as cuz she likes the quarterback's "tight end"; which is why sunday is prob. the only night u ever get any. We're all human, we like to look at and appreciate attractive members of the opposite sex; it doesn't mean we're gonna act on it. If ur significant other isn't secure enough in ur relationship to understand that, u have much bigger problems than cheerleaders. If u want to see a man's game, come over to the mma blog... oh, and check out the UFC's octagon girls, and mma fighter Gina Carano- that's what a woman is supposed to be.
    Darkness is Spreading!
  11. CalgonMan
    11. Posted by CalgonMan Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:56 pm EDT

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    Because I don't want to see half naked women while I'm watching football with my kids, that makes me gay? Please. I'd just prefer my titilation and football to be separated. Now, I have seen Gina Carano and she's not hard to look at in the photo shoot but I just can't get used to women bleeding from the skull as entertainment. And Kimbo Slice was/is over-rated.
  12. domenick2x
    12. Posted by domenick2x Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:46 pm EDT

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    Meh. I could care less if they wear parkas - I'm sitting on my couch watching the game, and I don't really miss much of the 12 seconds total they show the cheerleaders.
    Now for the folks in the stands, I understand. They've paid good money, and about 40 of them are actually close enough to see the cheerleaders...
  13. broncobum
    13. Posted by broncobum Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:35 pm EDT

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    When the game gets boring, as most of them do, and during time outs, What's wrong
    with turning your binocks on the cheer leaders? You gotta get some thrills for that
    $100 ticket.
  14. BSD
    14. Posted by BSD Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:55 pm EDT

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    CalgonMan:
    Yes. That makes you gay.
  15. Tim J
    15. Posted by Tim J Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:06 pm EDT

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    I couldn't agree more. In fact, I am fairly certain the football gods have frowned upon this covering up among cheerleaders. I mean, seriously, the Broncos lost to Oakland. Let me say that again. Oakland. I blame the Broncos cheerleaders uniforms.
  16. Joel H
    16. Posted by Joel H Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:07 pm EDT

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    Babes for everbody!
  17. badgolferman
    17. Posted by badgolferman Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:54 pm EDT

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    All those complaining about cheerleaders even being at the game or not wanting to see semi-naked ladies on TV with their children watching have obviously not been to a live game. The action on the field is fleeting and constantly interrupted by commercials or dead times. This is when the cheerleaders are at their best and keep the interest of spectators who have braved the elements to support their team. Often times people leave lopsided games early and if it wasn't for the entertainment provided by the cheerleaders less revenue would be realized at the concession stands also. I think the proposal is a brilliant one with a few minor modifications to ensure the cheerleaders are comfortable within the adjusted environment.
  18. George M
    18. Posted by George M Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:07 pm EDT

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    they need to show the babes for more than 15 seconds on tv.... what's up with that??? let's c some major a@# and tit@#s jiggling, u dumb c**ts..give us what we want or die!!!!! u r here 4 our service,don't u get it???????????
  19. Darkness!
    19. Posted by Darkness! Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:45 pm EDT

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    ok-
    so we all agree calgonman is gay?
    And yes- Kimbo was ridiculously over-rated. I said check out mma- the sport; not the Kimbo cash machine.
  20. CalgonMan
    20. Posted by CalgonMan Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:56 pm EDT

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    Well it's a good thing I'm comfortable with my masculinity and heterosexual orientation. I'll even go so far as to say I understand why you think my comments sound gay. Don't misunderstand me though. I have no trouble watching an R rated film with sexual content or suggestive material. I'm just saying I'd rather not have it mixed in with family programming. And with young boys who watch, it is family programming. But I guess that's just prudish me. Just so you know, I complain about what constitutes family programming on network TV shows too so I'm consistently prudish.
  21. Mike P
    21. Posted by Mike P Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:23 pm EDT

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    Boy is MJD scraping the bottom of the barrel. All the sports that occurred this past weekend, and the games coming up, and he's talking about cheerleaders. Quit watching the girls and watch the game,,,,you might have something interesting to write about!
  22. The Walking Dude
    22. Posted by The Walking Dude Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:56 pm EDT

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    Brilliant! MJD is always on the side of goodness and jiggliness. As far as the warmer climates go, has anyone seen the Jacksonville Jags cheer-babes? Dear sweet sonny Jesus them girls is smoking hot! I may watch some future Jags home games just to catch them again. Damn.
  23. Mr. Z
    23. Posted by Mr. Z Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:42 pm EDT

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    Hey MJD, my daughter says you're a sexist pig and when you want to come to Lambeau Field in December in a Speedo, then the cheerleaders in all of the cold-weather stadiums will be happy to show some belly-button. She also wonders how much you would "jiggle" in the cold.
  24. intelligent poster
    24. Posted by intelligent poster Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:14 pm EDT

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    what's wrong with bundled up cheerleaders? are you knuckleheads suggesting that a woman CAN'T look sexy bundled up? it's no different than watching an attractive woman surgeon or scrub nurse. it makes the eyes all the more appealing!
  25. OutdoorAdventurer
    25. Posted by OutdoorAdventurer Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:47 pm EDT

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    Only if these plexiglass enclosures have a pole in the middle of them as well..... ;o)

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