August 14, 2025 • 5 mins
We got a question in for our American Mamas...
Dear Mamas, should men be NFL Cheerleaders?
Dear Mamas, should men be NFL Cheerleaders?
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
We got a question for American mamas. Dear mama's, should
men be NFL cheerleaders?
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Well, let's ask Merrick and mama's Alma Mama, she said.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
And Jonie's now are American mama's turning Outville and Kimberly Burlason.
So apparently the Minnesota Vikings have added two men to
their cheerleader roster in addition to the women, and apparently
a lot of fans just not happy about all this.
Should men be NFL cheerleaders?
Speaker 3 (00:37):
This was funny because people are really mad about it.
And I guess these two guys are going to be
the new head cheerleaders. So they're doing a lot of
tiktoks or doing.
Speaker 4 (00:44):
A lot of wales. The men are the head cheerleaders.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
They're the head cheerleaders for the Minnesota what's funny.
Speaker 4 (00:49):
Real quick? Are they going to man splain cheerleading? Now?
Is that?
Speaker 3 (00:54):
I don't know, but they're like they got the hair
flip down. They're doing that a lot of hair flips.
But when I saw that were upset about it. I
did not realize that there's like twelve. I think this
might be the thirteenth NFL team to have male cheerleaders right,
which I had no idea.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
Yeah, it started several years I think like Atlanta Falcons
or Tampa Bay Buck was one of those.
Speaker 4 (01:15):
As one of the teams in the South. I believed
that I had no idea I had already had some
male cheerleaders.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
What I couldn't what I couldn't believe is Minnesota, of
all places, the fans are mad.
Speaker 4 (01:25):
Same place at voted for Tim Mooles.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
I'm like, what you're mad? Like, That's what blew me away.
The thing about cheerleading, I mean, this is not a
male taking a woman. This is not sports. It's a
totally different thing. The cheerleaders have been both male and female.
In fact, I think they started as male, right.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
And so well at west Point.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Actually, my father was a cheerleader in high school and
his roommate he may have been the cheerleader at West
Point as well. But at west Point initially they didn't
have female cadets. Yeah, so the cheerleaders, the yell leader
as they were called, were men, and you still have
a lot of especially in college, you have a lot
(02:07):
of yet, yeah, yeng leaders at Texas anem you still
have a lot of men that are doing that are
in the cheer squads at all universities that I can
think of, you've got male cheerleaders mixed in with the
female squads. But in the NFL it wasn't. It was
all female for so long.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
It was all female and it was dancing. It's not
you know, a lot of the male cheerleaders. It's the strength.
You know, they can throw girls up, hold pyramids, that
kind of thing, whereas this is just dance and very
feminine dancing. And but I don't care, you don't. I
don't care. No, I don't care, just because I think
it's a space that has always been men and women.
(02:47):
Yet it's a dance team. But it's one of those
places that doesn't bother me because it's entertainment.
Speaker 5 (02:53):
I think I know what the deal is, though, I'll
be honest, I think that what the people who are frustrated.
First of all, I didn't know they were the head cheerleaders.
So that's just two more places that normally would be
probably held by women. And we're talking about two different
kinds like the yell leaders, the cheerleaders of pass that
hold and the ones that are still in college that
hold the girls up. And they do all the they do,
(03:13):
all the strength strength work. When you have these two
guys when they're on TikTok, they're doing the flamboyant hair
flip and it looks like they've gotten glamorized their face.
And some men probably are uncomfortable watching them shake their
rear end in such a seductive way. And so there's
probably that element to it that makes people uncomfortable, is
(03:35):
my guess. I can only surmise that, but I think
most people probably don't care, but the all eyes will
be it's still kind of a drag queen type thing
where people are fascinated.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
That's where That's where I'm like, is this how are
you doing it? Are you doing it like the college
cheerleaders where there's still as a masculinity to it. The
male cheerleaders aren't necessarily doing the kicks up to the
head and they're not shaking their butts, and it's it's
a it's a string thing and it's a cheer thing
and there's still a masculine way to do it. Or
(04:09):
is this drag?
Speaker 5 (04:10):
Right?
Speaker 1 (04:11):
And and yeah, as a football fan, you know what,
I don't need to see drag. I did not want
to spend all that money or watch on TV to
watch drag when I'm trying to watch football. I want
to watch football.
Speaker 5 (04:23):
Yeah, you know, it's interesting because we're we so believe
the people they have the right to live their life
the way they want to. And this this is clearly
a passion of theirs. When you look on TikTok or reels,
the ones that make the their reels go viral are
those whether it's in the marching band or it's on
a girl's drill team. Are the flamboyant ones who are
(04:43):
like doing the the whole z snap and they you know,
they flick their hairdla molvny style that I think that
makes some people uncomfortable. Like Kimberly said, She's she's fine
with it, she says, not uncomfortable. I'm not uncomfortable, but
I would beat my attention would be watching. That's the
one that my eyes would go to just out of fascination.
So the men that are going to these NFL games,
especially the Minnesota Vikings, you know, to see these these
(05:07):
men out there that you almost wish you had their face.
They're beautiful people, and I think that maybe some of
the men are just like no, I don't want this
in my face like I want to.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
You know, well, they can turn away, absolutely, we're talking about.
Speaker 4 (05:23):
That's the danger. Yeah, that's the danger. They will.
Speaker 5 (05:27):
And the point is is, y'all are saying that this
is there's been a backlash. So I'm just trying to
I'm just trying to surmise why. And that's the only
thing that can come up with for me.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
It would be are these men doing masculine things? Or
are these men pretending to be women? Because I am
tired of men pretending to be women and having that
shoved in my face. Yeah, I'm not okay with that.
If you like deskar American Mama was a question, go
to our website American I'm Ready to dot com slash
Mama's a click on the ask the Mama's button. Terry Nativill,
Kimberly Brothers, and thank you so much
We got a question for American mamas. Dear mama's, should
men be NFL cheerleaders?
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Well, let's ask Merrick and mama's Alma Mama, she said.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
And Jonie's now are American mama's turning Outville and Kimberly Burlason.
So apparently the Minnesota Vikings have added two men to
their cheerleader roster in addition to the women, and apparently
a lot of fans just not happy about all this.
Should men be NFL cheerleaders?
Speaker 3 (00:37):
This was funny because people are really mad about it.
And I guess these two guys are going to be
the new head cheerleaders. So they're doing a lot of
tiktoks or doing.
Speaker 4 (00:44):
A lot of wales. The men are the head cheerleaders.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
They're the head cheerleaders for the Minnesota what's funny.
Speaker 4 (00:49):
Real quick? Are they going to man splain cheerleading? Now?
Is that?
Speaker 3 (00:54):
I don't know, but they're like they got the hair
flip down. They're doing that a lot of hair flips.
But when I saw that were upset about it. I
did not realize that there's like twelve. I think this
might be the thirteenth NFL team to have male cheerleaders right,
which I had no idea.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
Yeah, it started several years I think like Atlanta Falcons
or Tampa Bay Buck was one of those.
Speaker 4 (01:15):
As one of the teams in the South. I believed
that I had no idea I had already had some
male cheerleaders.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
What I couldn't what I couldn't believe is Minnesota, of
all places, the fans are mad.
Speaker 4 (01:25):
Same place at voted for Tim Mooles.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
I'm like, what you're mad? Like, That's what blew me away.
The thing about cheerleading, I mean, this is not a
male taking a woman. This is not sports. It's a
totally different thing. The cheerleaders have been both male and female.
In fact, I think they started as male, right.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
And so well at west Point.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Actually, my father was a cheerleader in high school and
his roommate he may have been the cheerleader at West
Point as well. But at west Point initially they didn't
have female cadets. Yeah, so the cheerleaders, the yell leader
as they were called, were men, and you still have
a lot of especially in college, you have a lot
(02:07):
of yet, yeah, yeng leaders at Texas anem you still
have a lot of men that are doing that are
in the cheer squads at all universities that I can
think of, you've got male cheerleaders mixed in with the
female squads. But in the NFL it wasn't. It was
all female for so long.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
It was all female and it was dancing. It's not
you know, a lot of the male cheerleaders. It's the strength.
You know, they can throw girls up, hold pyramids, that
kind of thing, whereas this is just dance and very
feminine dancing. And but I don't care, you don't. I
don't care. No, I don't care, just because I think
it's a space that has always been men and women.
(02:47):
Yet it's a dance team. But it's one of those
places that doesn't bother me because it's entertainment.
Speaker 5 (02:53):
I think I know what the deal is, though, I'll
be honest, I think that what the people who are frustrated.
First of all, I didn't know they were the head cheerleaders.
So that's just two more places that normally would be
probably held by women. And we're talking about two different
kinds like the yell leaders, the cheerleaders of pass that
hold and the ones that are still in college that
hold the girls up. And they do all the they do,
(03:13):
all the strength strength work. When you have these two
guys when they're on TikTok, they're doing the flamboyant hair
flip and it looks like they've gotten glamorized their face.
And some men probably are uncomfortable watching them shake their
rear end in such a seductive way. And so there's
probably that element to it that makes people uncomfortable, is
(03:35):
my guess. I can only surmise that, but I think
most people probably don't care, but the all eyes will
be it's still kind of a drag queen type thing
where people are fascinated.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
That's where That's where I'm like, is this how are
you doing it? Are you doing it like the college
cheerleaders where there's still as a masculinity to it. The
male cheerleaders aren't necessarily doing the kicks up to the
head and they're not shaking their butts, and it's it's
a it's a string thing and it's a cheer thing
and there's still a masculine way to do it. Or
(04:09):
is this drag?
Speaker 5 (04:10):
Right?
Speaker 1 (04:11):
And and yeah, as a football fan, you know what,
I don't need to see drag. I did not want
to spend all that money or watch on TV to
watch drag when I'm trying to watch football. I want
to watch football.
Speaker 5 (04:23):
Yeah, you know, it's interesting because we're we so believe
the people they have the right to live their life
the way they want to. And this this is clearly
a passion of theirs. When you look on TikTok or reels,
the ones that make the their reels go viral are
those whether it's in the marching band or it's on
a girl's drill team. Are the flamboyant ones who are
(04:43):
like doing the the whole z snap and they you know,
they flick their hairdla molvny style that I think that
makes some people uncomfortable. Like Kimberly said, She's she's fine
with it, she says, not uncomfortable. I'm not uncomfortable, but
I would beat my attention would be watching. That's the
one that my eyes would go to just out of fascination.
So the men that are going to these NFL games,
especially the Minnesota Vikings, you know, to see these these
(05:07):
men out there that you almost wish you had their face.
They're beautiful people, and I think that maybe some of
the men are just like no, I don't want this
in my face like I want to.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
You know, well, they can turn away, absolutely, we're talking about.
Speaker 4 (05:23):
That's the danger. Yeah, that's the danger. They will.
Speaker 5 (05:27):
And the point is is, y'all are saying that this
is there's been a backlash. So I'm just trying to
I'm just trying to surmise why. And that's the only
thing that can come up with for me.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
It would be are these men doing masculine things? Or
are these men pretending to be women? Because I am
tired of men pretending to be women and having that
shoved in my face. Yeah, I'm not okay with that.
If you like deskar American Mama was a question, go
to our website American I'm Ready to dot com slash
Mama's a click on the ask the Mama's button. Terry Nativill,
Kimberly Brothers, and thank you so much
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