This is it, mark your calendars folks: Sunday, February 6th, 2011 -
It's the END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT
SB To Be Sans Sultry Success Shouters on Sidelines
Excerpted from telegraph.co.uk:
More than 100 million people are expected to watch the final showdown of the American Football season on Sunday, but there will be no pom poms, no chants and no fancy flips to keep fans entertained.
This year's game is between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers, among the small number of teams that do not have professional cheerleading squads.
Sports fans across America have reacted with dismay to the absence of sideline entertainment and there have even been fears it will affect television ratings.
The event is taking place in Dallas, where members of the renowned Dallas Cowboys cheerleading squad have offered to step into the breach.
But they have been banned from the stadium because they are not affiliated with either of the teams taking part, and they will have to perform outside.
Both Pittsburgh and Green Bay used to have cheerleading squads, but they have mostly "blue collar" fan bases that have rejected the razzmatazz that goes along with cheerleading.
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A spokesman for the National Football League said cheerleading does "enhance the overall game day experience" for fans, but the organisation refused to let the Dallas Cowboys squad appear instead.
Defiant Cowboys cheerleader Carey DePasquale said: "The NFL just won't let us. They've covered up every star, every Dallas Cowboys logo, so we'll be performing outside before the game."
, but the truth is the truth) still:
