Pickleball goated lmao
How does he just look like an old Charlie Kirk. We’re in a simulation and there’s so many shit people the rendering layer is just caching them now
Maybe this dude was Kirk’s real father.
I was just poking fun at pickle ball as something made up by people who can’t play tennis. Its the wiffle ball and exaggerated size of the paddles. A day drinking game that some take WAY too seriously.
A lot of former tennis players play pickleball now. Even Agassi has his own Joola paddle design and is making a league. That being said, some folks are way too serious and should just play for fun.
I read Kirk’s original mentor, that set him up with this TP organization, died from covid during the pandemic. This must be a different one.
I thought that was his business partner in Turning Point
Claiming Charlie Kirk had respect for everyone lol.
But also, I am surprised that an old right wing man attributed with so much advancement of cheerleading actually had been a cheerleader himself. Good for him I guess, I really went in expecting something else. Though, I do have serious concerns with the sport in the same way I have them for gridiron football, both are really fucking dangerous sports to have high schoolers do.
Now invite Jared Taylor and Nick Fuentes to play pickleball
I forget-- Am I supposed to upvote based on whether it’s a worthwhile story, or based on the fact that it’s such a good thing to have happened?
Y-yes…?
It’s been said you should alwaus speak good of the dead.
He’s dead. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAGAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA!
Ah, that laugh was good!
I’ve never been good at finding the right words in situations like this, so I’ll use a quote I heard recently
“Good, I’m glad he’s dead.”
How presidential of you!
Father of modern cheerleading?
Yeah…
Giant absolute piece of shit and 99.99% of the reason it’s such a giant grift that systematically cover up sexual abuse…
I think the problem is, you think “modern cheerleading” has been a good thing for the decades that this one piece of shit controlled everything tangentially associated to it.
The article likens Webb’s influence to a scenario where the inventor of basketball not only held camps but also owned Nike, hosted the NBA Finals, commentated on games, and ran USA Basketball.
And:
Understanding Varsity’s market dominance can be challenging, even for those invested in cheerleading. Many may not even realize the extent of their involvement with Varsity and its sub-brands, as reports suggest that Varsity controls over 80% of the cheerleading market.
One significant quote from the article states, “As it snapped up rivals, Varsity did not rename its new acquisitions. Rather, it maintained existing brands in order to keep parents in the dark about how much of their money was now flowing to the company, according to a draft version of a 2018 presentation prepared by investment banks working on behalf of Varsity.”
But I do want to applaud you for actually using a question mark, even if it seems to have been rhetorical.
Oh wow, that’s what not enforcing anti trust law does to a country
So wait, they monetized cheerleading? Like in schools public schools too or just colleges and professionally?
The dead asshole basically created a “competitive” version.
So while the people in this might start out doing a school team, they’ll using go “competitive” as soon as able and work really hard at it and often quit normal cheer.
It’s essentially the same as the “dance moms” shit. It becomes the central aspect of these kids lives. I don’t know what age ranges they have, but it’s like jr high or even younger.
But the existence of “competitive” makes traditional cheer try to emulate it. There’s been like a 500% increase in serious injury because everyone is trying to do crazy shit
Didn’t King of the Hill do an episode about the change in cheerleading?
inb4 guy turns out to be a major sex offender and/or a pedophile
inb4
Nope, four years too late:
Specifically, Varsity Spirit took issue with a recent court filing in which Sellers alleged the company served “as a central player in the scheme to host exploitative events where minor athletes were subjected to sexual abuse and assault under the influence of drugs and alcohol.” Clare also took issue with another allegation in the court filing that Varsity Spirit’s environment “promoting free access to underage minors for the purpose of sexual solicitation was the method by which Defendants recruited new gym owners, coaches, choreographers, videographers, and other affiliated personnel.”
All a creep has to do is cut Webb a check, and you could open a team that young girls and their parents would do anything to be a part of.
A lot of those coaches were just randos in their 20s/30s who wanted access to athletic kids with zero oversights and frequent hotel trips.
There’s been a bunch of lawsuits, but Varsity tries to hold zero accountability despite being the oversight body that’s actediting the coaches/gyms.
To think that as these children “filter up” to the more elite teams the behavior stops would be incredibly naive. Hell, even just the social media pipeline from it is bad, but absolutely no one is looking out for these kids in real life either.
That sounds about right. Running an organization for kids and teens is always going to be either an eternal battle to keep pedos out or the creation of a den of pedos. I’ve got no judgment for orgs that fight that battle sincerely, and understand that sometimes they’ll fail, but any that don’t fight that battle are going to leave me suspicious of the leadership’s motivation, even though it’s damning regardless.
I don’t know anything at all about cheerleading in general or what it means for it to be modern a cheerleading. I don’t watch sports, I don’t have kids, and I’ve never heard of this guy. The statements from him about other people and other people about him saying enough. I mean, he’s getting lauded by Posobiec - he must be completely awful.
what it means for it to be modern a cheerleading.
The two big things you’d see on court/field is:
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“Stunts” where people are thrown which is very dangerous.
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The outfit change to sports bras and booty shorts.
Both direct results of “competitive” cheer ran by this guy filtering down to actual cheerleading done along with a sport.
Culturally off the field…
A bunch of impressionable and attractive cheerleaders went from having school employees responsible for them, to any random person with the money to cut a check to Varsity (this guy’s company).
Even if not to groom them for abuse, a lot of people want to be seen as “cool” and create an environment for drinking and drug use, blurring the lines between adult and child in the process.
It’s incredibly problematic but since it’s also so cult like, very few people have spoken out about it. By the time you see the bad parts, you’re already “hazed in” and don’t understand how fuckendup shit is.
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I don’t know enough about cheerleading to understand the difference between modern and conventional cheerleading.
The difference is a family member driving 12 hours home and 12 hours back during a family vacation for a 6 year old to “compete.” They take it very seriously and it is seriously dumb.
I think I like pickleball now
Well…that certainly is a headline.
It wasn’t the fall that did him in, it was being photographed in that jacket. No one could survive that.
